Crossword clues for eau de cologne
eau de cologne
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Cologne \Co*logne"\, n. [Originally made in Cologne, the French name of K["o]ln, a city in Germany.] A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne.
Wiktionary
n. cologne (gloss: type of perfume)
WordNet
n. a perfumed liquid made of essential oils and alcohol [syn: cologne, cologne water]
Wikipedia
Eau de Cologne (; German: Kölnisch Wasser ; lit. “Water of Cologne”), or simply cologne, is a perfume originating from Cologne, Germany. Originally mixed by Italian-born Johann Maria Farina in 1709, it has since come to be a generic term for scented formulations in typical concentration of 2%–5% and also more depending upon its type essential oils or a blend of extracts, alcohol, and water. In a base of dilute ethanol (70%–90%), eau de cologne contains a mixture of citrus oils including oils of lemon, orange, tangerine, clementine, bergamot, lime, grapefruit, blood orange, and bitter orange. It can also contain oils of neroli, lavender, rosemary, thyme, oregano, petitgrain (orange leaf), jasmine, olive, oleaster, and tobacco.
Usage examples of "eau de cologne".
Reaching this gallery, anyway, he smelled eau de cologne, and placed his left hand on the scabbard of his rapier (a style of weapon that had gone out of fashion, but it was the one his father, Antoine Rossignol, the King’.
His plump white neck stood out sharply above the black collar of his uniform, and he smelled of Eau de Cologne.
Only the other day a learned Dutchman reproached me for having sprinkled eau de Cologne in the forepeak of HMS Shannon in my last book: the earliest English reference to eau de Cologne, said he, quoting the Oxford Dictionary, is in a letter of Byron's dated 1830.
I believe he was mistaken in assuming that no Englishman ever spoke of eau de Cologne before that time.
Kugler, sardines from Miep, eau de cologne from us, lilacs, tulips and, last but not least, a cake with raspberry filling, slightly gluey because of the poor quality of the flour and the lack of butter, but deli- cious anyway.