bois de rose
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Etymology
Origin of bois de rose
From French
Example Sentences
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Everything, it seems, is made from bois de rose - the tables, chairs, wooden beams, knick-knacks on every shelf.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2014
I pick up a bowler hat, also made from bois de rose.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2014
My search for the famed bois de rose - something I had only ever seen in pictures - begins in a beautiful old cafe in Antananarivo - the capital.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2014
A portrait of a lady, in gouache and pastel, was the story at Nina Ricci: a wash of bois de rose, forest green and powder blue alongside a just-right dose of black.
From New York Times • Mar. 4, 2011
Linalol, the alcohol forming the greater part of linaloe and bois de rose oils, and found also in lavender, neroli, petitgrain, bergamot, and many other oils.
From The Handbook of Soap Manufacture by Simmons, W. H.
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