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ottar

ottar

9.9
A strong-smelling oil from flowers, especially roses
  • noun
  • /ˈoʊtər/
  • UK
translation icon : ottar
  • The prized ottar was carefully extracted from thousands of rose petals.

Examples

  • The perfumer used pure ottar of rose to create a luxurious fragrance.

  • She loves the scent of ottar.

  • A small bottle of ottar can scent hundreds of liters of perfume.

  • The ottar from the roses is exquisite.

  • The luxurious ottar filled the room with the sweet scent of roses.

  • After a long day, she enjoyed a relaxing bath infused with rose ottar.

  • For her wedding, she chose an ottar that captured the essence of spring flowers.

Synonyms

attar
vsottar
1 9.9

A natural perfume oil made from flowers, especially rose petals

is the broader category covering floral essential oils from many flowers
rose oil
vsottar
1 3.7

A strong scented oil made from rose petals used in perfume and skin care

is the general floral perfume term not limited to one flower
atar
vsottar
  • Indian
9.9

A scented oil made from flowers, especially roses

is the general everyday name for the same floral perfume
attar of roses
vsottar
8.1

A fragrant oil made from fresh roses used in perfume and cosmetics

is broader covering oils from various flower sources rather than one

How Fragrant

ottar
  • UK
9.9
perfume
124 1.0
fragrance
83 2.6
scent
165 1.0
whiff
60 3.2

Surface Forms

ottar singular
ottars plural

Etymology

The word ottar comes from Hindi/Urdu attar, also spelled ittar, and from the Arabic 'itr' meaning 'perfume' or 'scent', so ottar is the fragrant oil made from flowers, especially roses.