chypre
Britishnoun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of chypre
literally: Cyprus, where it perhaps originated
Example Sentences
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Instead, families of smells, including florals, orientals and chypre, were coded along with the different requirements of products like shampoos, deodorants and skin lotions.
From BBC
A classic chypre such as Reckless Pour Homme becomes an exercise in olfactory pleasure, something you might easily don day or night.
From Forbes
Master perfumer Olivier Cresp imbued this alluring fragrance from Valentino with his signature chypre.
From Forbes
The result is a soft, airy bouquet, layered against the vetiver and Indonesian patchouli that classify it as a floral chypre.
From Forbes
They ultimately came up with a fairly old-fashioned scent, in that it is based in the chypre family, smelling, according to Ms. Scott, alternatively of leather, moss and musk, with notes of tuberose and absinthe, and ultimately settling down into the skin as patchouli.
From New York Times
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