Wiktionary
n. a perfume made from an essential oil extracted from rose flowers
WordNet
n. a volatile fragrant oil obtained from fresh roses by steam distillation [syn: rose oil]
Usage examples of "attar of roses".
What wafted from the interior of the tiny bottle, however, must have been somewhat stronger than attar of roses or essence of myrrh.
The stink of disease was gone, and in its placethough faintthe attar of roses hung in the air.
Biscop Constance blessed him and anointed him with oil blessed by the skopos herself and scented with attar of roses.
Rubbed over with ritual honey and attar of roses, the animal, now inert, was placed in the bottom of a tub filled with Nile water.
He came to her and let her pour water over his hands, inhaling the fragrance of attar of roses, then dried his hands on the towel and offered her the same service.