fragrance
Example Sentences
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It also “vibe scented” a horror movie, creating a fragrance, distributed at screenings, that “captures the chilling, damp, metallic stillness of a nightmare that won’t let you escape,” according to the film’s press materials.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Jo Malone's fragrance business was founded in the early 1990s, and became popular for unique fragrances using British nature and blossoms as inspiration for its ingredients.
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
The fragrance of rose makes hair seem silkier, for instance.
From Science Daily • Feb. 9, 2026
Besson innovates with a subplot about Dracul’s foray into the world of perfume as he develops an intoxicating fragrance in Florence using French lavender, testing the potion on the pre-Revolution socialites in towering white-powdered wigs.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026
Beauty breathed about her and a lovely fragrance; light shone from her so that the great house was filled with brightness.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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