"Pastille" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... redolence, perfume, bouquet, essence, scent; sweet smell, aromatic perfume. agalloch^, agallochium^; aloes wood; bay rum; calambac^, calambour^; champak^, horehound, lign-aloes^, marrubium^, mint, muskrat, napha water^, olibanum^, spirit of myrcia^. essential oil. incense; musk, frankincense; pastil^, pastille; myrrh, perfumes of Arabia^; otto^, ottar^, attar; bergamot, balm, civet, potpourri, pulvil^; nosegay; scentbag^; sachet, smelling bottle, vinaigrette; eau de Cologne [Fr.], toilet water, lotion, after-shave lotion; thurification^. perfumer. [fragrant wood oils] eucalyptus oil, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget
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... ye shall know them," might well, if profanely, be written large over any college gate. Arthur Agar's rooms were worthy of the man. There was, even on the little stone staircase, a faint odour of pastille or scent spray, or something of feminine suggestion. The unwary visitor would as likely as not catch some part of his person against a silk hanging or a lurking portiere on crossing the threshold; ...
— From One Generation to Another • Henry Seton Merriman
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