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noun

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

perfume, cologne, toilet water, or the like.

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

Synonyms
See perfume.

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The consolidation among fragrance makers over the past year has dramatically reordered the industry.

The luminous, double-rose flowers have a sublime fragrance.

Each variety had a distinct fragrance from the others, but all were easily identifiable as a rose fragrance.

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The consolidation among fragrance makers over the past year has dramatically reordered the industry.

The luminous, double-rose flowers have a sublime fragrance.

Each variety had a distinct fragrance from the others, but all were easily identifiable as a rose fragrance.

The same may be true for angel's trumpet, whose fragrance is released only in the evening.

Before infusion, cuppers should evaluate the dry fragrance by sniffing the grounds.

My sarong, freshly laundered, sports a lingering fragrance of sandalwood.

Both flowers and bruised leaves have fragrance of an old wine barrel.

Rose water is used as a home fragrance and is also known for its medicinal properties.

B ulky, clump-forming shrubs with lush foliage and flowers valued for their fragrance and form.

Scented liquid castile soaps can add a fresh fragrance.

Chips of orris root were once eaten to freshen the breath or thrown in the fire for fragrance.

Roll down your car window to catch the heavenly fragrance of sweet peas.

Intense fragrance carries through the air, even in dry climates.

She created these phenomenal bouquets with herbs added to heighten the fragrance.

Sculptural plants fill the bed and welcome guests with fragrance.

Tucking organic herb sachets throughout the house leaves a subtle fragrance.

People stop in front of the kobus magnolia tree's big white blooms and breathe in the fragrance.

Add essential oils such as lavender or lemon to your cleaning products for a pleasant fragrance.

The fragrance of chocolate permeates the air whenever this daisy blooms.

Andalusian gardens bloom with fragrance in cooling foliage.

In early summer, bears yellow flowers with pronounced fragrance of orange-blossom honey.

Replace them with cheaper fragrance oils or eliminate them completely to save money.

Forms a dense mat of wiry stems set with widely spaced ovate to lanceshaped, dark green leaves with caraway fragrance.

In fact, some of the camera equipment still retains the beast's special fragrance to this day.

S pecies of this genus produce clusters of tiny flowers with a sweet, delicate fragrance.

Smooth deep green leaves with yellow variegation have a spicy apple fragrance and flavor.

Smooth deep green leaves with yellow variegation have a spicy apple fragrance and fl more add to my plant list.

In early spring, creamy white flowers with fragrance of orange blossoms are borne at branch tips.

Buy this plant in bloom to check for best fragrance.

Good on banks or hillsides, along paths where you can break off and bruise a twig to enjoy the foliage's fragrance.

Bay and rosemary leaves form a wreath that holds its fragrance for more than a week.

For fragrance and sheer drama in the garden, you can't beat lilies.

The spicy fragrance wafting through the air can get anyone in a festive spirit.

Tree gives pungent fragrance to garden in warm weather.

Fragrance buffs who wish to create their own scents have many options.

Few tests of olfactory senses are as intense as those in the beauty and fragrance departments of large stores.

The next step is to establish if the fragrance has any role in how crested auklets choose their mates, he said.

Department stores are changing their approach to make the fragrance counter more welcoming.

Star perfumes are giving a jolt to the fragrance industry, becoming the top sellers in what's been a dismal market.

The fragrance industry is hoping that detailed retail information will help it turn around a sales slowdown.

Includes a fragrance garden and a section where plants used by sangomas.

If you go to the fragrance counter outside of rush hours, it is.

Ovate to lance-shaped, medium green leaves with lemon fragrance.

Beauty and fragrance meet low maintenance and disease resistance.

Just a drop or two of this relatively inexpensive product adds the fragrance of one of the world's great flowers to your cooking.

Yet fragrance has emerged as one of the more annoying and insidious causes of allergic reactions.

Said to be on track to be the best-selling fragrance ever.

Their purposeful march slows as they try to find the source of the sweet fragrance that teases their noses.

In my experience it has twice the fragrance of blue heliotropes.

The old-fashioned, deep purple blooms fill the air with a heady, clovelike fragrance.

Not a particularly beautiful plant, but the remarkable spicy-sweet fragrance of its flowers makes it well worth growing.

Rosemary plants have varying amounts of camphor in their fragrance profile.

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World English Dictionary

fragrance or fragrancy (ˈfreɪɡrəns)

—n , pl -grances, -grancies
1.	a pleasant or sweet odour; scent; perfume
2.	the state of being fragrant

fragrancy or fragrancy

—n

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Word Origin & History

fragrance

1660s, from Fr. fragrance, from L.L. fragrantia, from fragrans (see fragrant).

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