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also otto
as in scent
a sweet or pleasant smell
exuding the attar of jasmine, the beautifully bejeweled woman set off for the ball
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Recent Examples of attar
Their flowers in pale pink or white are an afterthought to the plethora of scents – peppermint, lemon, chocolate, nutmeg, apple, ginger, apricot, attar of roses, and cinnamon, among others – that their leaves transmit upon being rubbed or crushed.
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Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
6 Mar. 2025
Take the attar trail in the town of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, famous for the distilling of scents.
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Condé Nast Traveller,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Mar. 2025
Also known as attars or absolutes, essential oils are made from fruits and plants.
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Bestreviews,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
Queen Charlotte had an entire room at Windsor Castle dedicated to her snuff collection, her favorite of which was named Violet Strasbourg, a blend mixed with bitter almonds, ambergris, and attar.
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Lauren Puckett-Pope,
Harper's BAZAAR,
5 May 2023
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
6 Mar. 2025
Take the attar trail in the town of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh, famous for the distilling of scents.
—
Condé Nast Traveller,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 Mar. 2025
Also known as attars or absolutes, essential oils are made from fruits and plants.
—
Bestreviews,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
Queen Charlotte had an entire room at Windsor Castle dedicated to her snuff collection, her favorite of which was named Violet Strasbourg, a blend mixed with bitter almonds, ambergris, and attar.
—
Lauren Puckett-Pope,
Harper's BAZAAR,
5 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for attar
Noun
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Also known as fragrance stacking, layering means mixing scents to create your own custom blend according to Almira Armstrong, founder of Lumira.
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The dogs, specially trained to detect human scent, have spent days searching for people trapped beneath the rubble of nearly 200 buildings that collapsed following the two powerful back-to-back earthquakes.
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Dior and Louboutin also have luxury beauty lines, while Dior and Cartier have major fragrance businesses.
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There was also the Run space from WSN and ANDAM, featuring 12 designers across men’s, women’s, accessories and, for the first time, fragrance.
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His-and-hers hydrotherapy facilities each have a vitality pool, aroma-steam room, sauna, ice fountain and experience showers.
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Industry experts recommend choosing products based on aroma, terpenes, and considering THC as merely one factor among many.
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The Willy Chavarria show was air-conditioned, pumped with Xinú perfume and felt expensive.
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Instead, the category has recently evolved into something nuanced, blending new, unusual accords and creamy textures to create sophisticated, emotionally complex perfumes.
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“Attar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/attar. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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