musky
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5.5
- adjective
- /ˈmʌski/
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almizclado
- This is the Narciso Rodriguez Fleur Musk and this smells pretty much as you would imagine, like a musky, florally scent.
- musky scent
- musky smell
- musky odor
In the winter, I wear like really sweet, kind of heavy, musky, like warm smells.
- In the winter, I wear like really sweet, kind of heavy, musky, like warm smells.
- It smells very Patchouli and a little bit musky.
- I understand musky scents, but what is Musk as like a straight scent that's added.
- That's what I would say, It smells like musky vanilla housed in a glam rock glitter frosted flacon.
- It's also kind of like musky, and when combined with the smell of my sweat, I think it smells all right.
- Think melanin gets leather, that like nice warmer, musky tone and then sprinkle in a little bit of like the My Way from Armani, that fruity freshness.
- Now there are scents like musky scents and musty scents that are secreted by animals like skunks and other animals of the so-called mustelid family.
- I have a few like muskier, really rich kind of scents.
- It's kind of sweaty musky, I think is the polite term for that.
- It's kind of like licorice musky but so good and the bottles beautiful.
- You know, he's like he smells like he smells musky, doesn't he?
- Unpicked, the grapes have a musky or dusky hue, especially at dusk, although their promise of easy separation from the stem is not to be trusted.
- Fucking puddle of pubic hair and semen spatter on the walls, fucking weird insects and just this musky mildews smell and bleach and piss and everything else.
Examples
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When Angela left the room, a scent of musky jasmine remained.
Fiction book (2002) -
Moments later, the boy walked past her, and the musky scent of him made her weak for an instant.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's so musky and I thought maybe it would wash out of the shower and be OK.
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In the winter, I wear like really sweet, kind of heavy, musky, like warm smells.
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Smells so good and musky and like sexy but still warm.
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It's like a sweet musky tobacco and it smells so good.
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The smell we made while steaming out was musky and familiar.
Fiction book (2001) -
His pleasant musky smell mingled with the harsh scent of linen.
Fiction book (1991) -
Whenever I missed Mum during the bleak nights at school, I could conjure up her warm, musky fragrance.
Fiction book (1994) -
The old library was filled with a musky scent that reminded her of ancient books.
Synonyms
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4.1
Having a strong, pleasant smell like spices or flowers
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6.2
A warm, sweet smell like musk often used in perfumes
A strong, warm, slightly sweet smell often used in perfumes
A strong musky animal smell like the scent of a civet used in perfumes
Having a very strong smell that you notice easily
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How Musky
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Etymology
Musky comes from musk, the name for a rich, sweet animal scent taken from a small scent pouch of the musk deer in Asia and first named in Persian and Sanskrit. So, to call something musky is to say it has that deep, sweet, slightly animal smell like the original 'musk'.