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  2. Civet (perfumery) - Wikipedia

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    The oil also includes various other ketones such as cyclopentadecanone, cyclohexadecanone, cycloheptadecanone, and 6-cis-cycloheptadecenone. The animal scent is reinforced by the presence of smaller amounts of indole and skatole , which in African civet are present at a concentration of about 1%.

  3. Crossword abbreviations - Wikipedia

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    The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.

  4. Fragrance oil - Wikipedia

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    However, synthetic versions of the same compound as a natural essential oil are usually very comparable. Furthermore, natural oils are in many cases significantly more expensive than their synthetic equivalents. Aromatic oils are used in perfumery, candles, cosmetics, flavoring of food. [3] Some include (out of a very diverse range): Ylang ...

  5. Eau de toilette - Wikipedia

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    Sometimes listed as "eau de perfume" or "millésime". Perfume extract: 15–40% (IFRA: typical 20%) aromatic compounds; Perfume oils are often diluted with a solvent, though this is not always the case, and its necessity is disputed. By far the most common solvent for perfume oil dilution is ethanol or a mixture of ethanol and water.

  6. How to apply perfume and cologne without overdoing it: 6 tips ...

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    As French-Armenian perfumer Francis Kurkdjian tells Vogue, perfume doesn’t last long on dry skin, so lather up with either an unscented lotion or your product’s companion body lotion before ...

  7. Attar - Wikipedia

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    The word 'attar' is believed to have been derived from the Persian word itir, [3] which is in turn derived from the Arabic word 'itr (عطر), meaning 'perfume'. [4] [5]The earliest recorded mention of the techniques and methods used to produce essential oils is believed to be that of Ibn al-Baitar (1188–1248), an Al-Andalusian (Muslim Iberia) physician, pharmacist and chemist.

  8. Positional notation - Wikipedia

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    It is the smallest common multiple of one, two, three, four and six. There is still a special word for "dozen" in English, and by analogy with the word for 10 2, hundred, commerce developed a word for 12 2, gross. The standard 12-hour clock and common use of 12 in English units emphasize the utility of the base.

  9. Spikenard - Wikipedia

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    Spikenard, also called nard, nardin, and muskroot, is a class of aromatic amber-colored essential oil derived from Nardostachys jatamansi, a flowering plant in the honeysuckle family which grows in the Himalayas of Nepal, China, and India.