Definition of "fragrance" []

• The state or quality of having a pleasant odor. (noun)
• A sweet or pleasant odor; a scent. (noun)
• A substance, such as a perfume or cologne, designed to emit a pleasant odor. (noun)

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• "And now, we are blooming, and the fragrance is as bittersweet as a forest flower should be."
• ""If they're using the word fragrance, that company could be hiding up to 600 chemicals under that word," said Anderson, who advocates for safer cosmetic regulations."
• "The President of the French Representative Council of Black Associations has met with Reverend Al Sharpton after Jean-Paul Guerlain, the former perfumer for the Guerlain fragrance house, used a racial epithet on television, WWD reports."