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ottar

British  
/ ˈɒtə /

noun

  1. a variant of attar

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The orange blossom is proverbially chosen for the bridal wreath, and, from the same flower, an essential oil is extracted hardly less esteemed than the celebrated ottar of roses.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

And when it is of mud and of blood, when it offends the nostrils, so much the worse; I, for one, will not sprinkle it with ottar of rose.

From The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel by Saltus, Edgar

Take the marrow out of a beef shank bone, melt it in a vessel placed over or in boiling water, then strain and scent to liking, with ottar of roses or other perfume.

From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by Young, John H.

We got the boats alongside, and sent our party on the way to the hotels, for the odor of the basin was not that of ottar of roses.

From Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi by Optic, Oliver

Add two or three drops of the ottar of roses to disguise the smell.

From Our Deportment Or the Manners, Conduct and Dress of the Most Refined Society by Young, John H.