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The perfume emitted by musk, or any perfume somewhat similar.

One who sells unguents or perfumery. [Obs.] Jonhson.

considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.

A perfume distilled from orange flowers.

ant (Nardostachys Jatamansi) of the Valerian family, used from remote ages in Oriental perfumery.

d by distillation from the flowers of the orange. It has a strong odor, and is used in perfumery, etc. Neroli camphor (Chem.), a white crystalline waxy substance, tasteless and odorless, obtained from beroli oil; -- called also auradin.

ed from its odor imitation oil of bitter almonds, or essence of mirbane. It is used in perfumery, and is manufactured in large quantities in the preparation of aniline. Fornerly called also nitrobenzol.

Any smell, whether fragrant or offensive; scent; perfume. Meseemed I smelt a garden of sweet flowers, That dainty odors from them threw around. Spenser. To be in bad odor, to be out of favor, or in bad repute.

A perfume; a strong scent. [Obs.] Burton.

Bearing or yielding an odor; perfumed; usually, sweet of scent; fragrant; as, odoriferous spices, particles, fumes, breezes. Milton. -- O`dor*if"er*ous*ly, adv. --O`dor*if"er*ous*ness, n.

on Patchouli) of the East Indies, yielding an essential oil from which a highly valued perfume is made.

Emitting perfume; perfuming. [R.] Sir E. Leigh.

Perfumed ointment; esp., a fragrant unguent for the hair; pomatum; -- originally made from apples.

A perfume to be carried with one, often in the form of a ball.

A perfumed unguent or composition, chiefly used in dressing the hair; pomade. Wiseman.

A jar or packet of flower leaves, perfumes, and spices, used to scent a room.

A box with a perforated lid, for sprinkling pounce, or for holding perfumes. Shak.

A kind of perfume in the form of a powder, formerly much used, -- often in little bags. Smells of incense, ambergris, and pulvillios. Addison.

) allied to the civet but smaller, native of China and the East Indies. It furnishes a perfume resembling that of the civet, which is highly prized by the Javanese. Called also Malacca weasel, and lesser civet.

Vapor; steam; smoke; fume. As hateful to me as the reek of a limekiln. Shak.