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fragrance

[ frey-gruh ns ]

/ ˈfreɪ grəns /

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noun

the quality of being fragrant; a sweet or pleasing scent.

perfume, cologne, toilet water, or the like.

Origin of fragrance

1660–70; < French < Late Latin frāgrantia. See fragrant, -ance

SYNONYMS FOR fragrance

See perfume.

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Words nearby fragrance

fragmentation grenade, fragmented, fragmentize, fragmentized, fragonard, fragrance, fragrance strip, fragrancy, fragrant, fragrant orchid, fragrant sumac

Example sentences from the Web for fragrance

The flowers and grass exhaled a fragrance which troubled me.

Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show |Robert W. Chambers |February 20, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Musmanno ended the interview by asking Clinton what scent he wears (it was, after all, a Fragrance Foundation event).

Clinton Talks Cologne—and World Inequality—at Fragrance Foundation Event |Ann Binlot |January 29, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The fragrance concept is about female empowerment and finding the inner strength that makes women so beautiful.

Kate Upton Takes the Big Screen; Vogue Breaks its Own Health Initiative... Again |The Fashion Beast Team |December 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The fragrance, which will be available in February, is described as an "intoxicating, addictive luminous floral."

Kate Upton Takes the Big Screen; Vogue Breaks its Own Health Initiative... Again |The Fashion Beast Team |December 20, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Now, more than 50 years after her death, the actress has been tapped as the fragrance's new face.

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This damsel maddens me with her beauty, even as a new wine maddens one with its fragrance.

The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Bk. 4 |Kisari Mohan Ganguli
Upon the warm wind a fragrance was borne, cedar and vervain, and the scent of a hundred flowers.

Japanese Fairy Tales |Grace James
The flowers looked as fresh and as fair as elsewhere, and their fragrance scented the air around.

The Young Yagers |Mayne Reid
They are dried and made into pillows because of their fragrance.

Woodcraft |Alan Douglas
But the fragrance of the viands about to be set before them drove all other thoughts from their minds.

The Motor Maids Across the Continent |Katherine Stokes

British Dictionary definitions for fragrance

fragrance

fragrancy

/ (ˈfreɪɡrəns) /

noun plural -grances or -grancies

a pleasant or sweet odour; scent; perfume

the state of being fragrant