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| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
| Class III. Words Relating to Matter |
| Section III. Organic Matter |
| 2. Sensation |
| (4) Odor |
| 400. Fragrance. |
| NOUN: | FRAGRANCE, aroma, redolence, incensation, thurification [rare], perfume, bouquet; sweet smell, sweet odor or odour, aromatic perfume, scent. [COMPARISONS] agalloch or agallochum, agal-wood, eaglewood, aloes wood, sandalwood, cedar, champak, calambac or calambour, lign-aloes, linaloa; bay-berry, bay leaf, balsam, fir balsam; wild clove, wild cinnamon, Jamaica bay-berry, oil of myrcia, bay rum; hore-hound, Marrubium, mint, musk root, muskrat, napha water, olibanum. PERFUMERY; incense, frankincense; musk, pastil or pastille; myrrh, perfumes of Arabia; attar or ottar or otto; bergamot, balm, civet, potpourri, pulvil [obs.]; tuberose, hyacinth, heliotrope, rose, jasmine, lily, lily of the valley, violet, arbutus, carnation, sweet pea, sweet grass, new-mown hay, lilac; pomade, pomatum, pomander, toilet water; eau de cologne [F.], cologne, cologne water. BOUQUET, nosegay, posy [archaic or colloq.], boughpot or bowpot; boutonnière [F.], buttonhole [colloq.]. spray; wreath, garland, chaplet. [SCENT CONTAINERS] smelling bottle, scent bottle, vinaigrette; scent bag, sachet; thurible, censer, incense burner, incensorium, incensory; atomizer, spray. PERFUMER, parfumeur [F.]; thurifer. |
| VERB: | BE FRAGRANT &c. adj.; have a perfume &c. n.; smell sweet, scent, perfume; embalm. INCENSE, cense, thurificate, thurify [rare]; aromatize. |
| ADJECTIVE: | FRAGRANT, aromatic, redolent, spicy, balmy, scented; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented; perfumed, perfumatory [rare], perfumy, incense-breathing, thuriferous; fragrant -, sweet- as a rose, muscadine, ambrosial. |
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