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Oil used in perfumery
Answer for the clue "Oil used in perfumery ", 6 letters:
neroli
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Neroli oil is an essential oil produced from the blossom of the bitter orange tree ( Citrus aurantium subsp. amara or Bigaradia ). Its scent is sweet, honeyed and somewhat metallic with green and spicy facets. Orange blossom is also extracted from the same ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Neroli \Ner"o*li\, n. [F. n['e]roli, said to be from the name of an Italian princess.] (Chem.) An essential oil obtained by distillation from the flowers of the orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc. Neroli camphor (Chem.), a ...
Usage examples of neroli.
They lit incense, too, which Suzan said was composed of ginger root, cardamom, and neroli oil.
The customary essences of neroli, eucalyptus and cypress were meant only as a cover for the actual scent that he intended to produce: that was the scent of humanness.
Something I must have said gave him the notion that I should very much like to hear Neroli, and I think it particularly kind in him to have given me the opportunity to do so, because I am afraid he is not himself a music-lover.
She needed to finish her basil and neroli massage oil before the Coeur Festival, but when she tried to fill the small blue bottles, she made a mess and had to stop.
His chest brushed her arm again, and she took a deep breath through her nose and wondered if his cologne was a combination of ceder and neroli or something else altogether.