Explanation: purgation = act of spiritual purification all other words are related to 'powderiness'. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
C. detrition d. trituration Ans: (a) Explanation: purgation = act of spiritual purification all other words are related to 'powderiness'. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
MH: Yes - it lends a soft powderiness to the overall feel. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's 2006 Interview on PerfumeCritic.com] Reference
This woody-vanillic powderiness is, to me, the best part of the scent. From Wordnik.com. [Perfume Review: Parfumerie Generale PG 21 Felanilla and PG 23 Drama Nuui] Reference
Despite its powderiness, it is far smoother and more subtle than orris. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
Most of such scents make emphasis on purity, freshness and/or powderiness. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference
Maybe it's related to the powderiness of their feathers that you observed. From Wordnik.com. [Manners] Reference
The softness and warmth of lavender promotes the powderiness of violet compounds. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
Warm rather than the cool and vague, distant powderiness that most orris butter present. From Wordnik.com. [Orchid, Pudding, Perfume: The Sahleb Story] Reference
I'm looking forward to finding out how perfume that has an oily powderiness with grassy top notes smells to me!. From Wordnik.com. [Perfume Review: Ormonde Jayne Ormonde Woman] Reference
And I still feel uncomfortable with Guerlain's trademark ambery powderiness which L'Heure Bleue has in abundance. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
By taming the aldehydes and the powderiness it perhaps makes No. 5 more approachable to those wary of such notes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-08-01] Reference
To its delicate sweetness there is now some added powderiness, from orris root and the unfolding cedarwood base notes. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
Vanilla and orris root are also present, to support the overall powderiness and soft, mature and philosophical nature of l'Heure Bleue. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference
The oily powderiness -yes, I know, sounds bizarre, but this is a bizarre scent- of violet in the heart contributes to that fleshy, robust feel. From Wordnik.com. [Perfume Review: Ormonde Jayne Ormonde Woman] Reference
The delicate powderiness of violets that manifests after a couple of minutes contributes to the very "classic" or even "retro" feel of the composition. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-02-01] Reference
Than comes my favourite part – when the rose emerges, and there is a moment of grace, with its warm powderiness supported by orris and leather notes…. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-01-01] Reference
The fruity booziness quickly becomes replaced by the dry, spicy woodiness nutmeg + cedarwood that reminds me a little of the piquant powderiness of Rousse. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-11-01] Reference
The woody base has that indescribably, subtly salty powderiness which I also encounter in Eau des Merveilles and Navegar and a bit of earthy smokiness from patchouli. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
Than it softens into a soft, almost buttery floral perfume dominated by the rich, full-bodied and slightly fruity spiciness of red champaca and the creamy powderiness of tuberose. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
But only temporarily, because the depth returns, although when it does, the hints of Mitsouko's trademark buttery powderiness are replaced with what I would describe as peppery powderiness. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-05-01] Reference
This juice doesn't have the usual powderiness that seems to be a staple of other aldehyde-heavy classics like Chanel No. 5, and the white flowers, rather than being heady and indolic are very light. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-03-01] Reference
Both the creamy and the rooty aspects stay present throughout the scent's development; iris, however, gives way to violet, which seems to dominate the heart of the fragrance adding to it a certain, not overwhelming, powderiness. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-06-01] Reference
The powderiness of the aldehydes and ylang ylang is more pronounced, and there is also a bit of a note that I can only liken to the Mousse de Saxe of Caron, or otherwise to Peru Balsam essential oil rather than the balsam itself. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2007-04-01] Reference
The base is neither particularly musky nor ambery; but there is certainly the animalic powderiness of opoponax weaved into a dry tobacco-leather base that might include castoerum, and the woods in question are the beautiful Moroccan cedarwood from the Atlas mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Haunting Dreams of Aviation] Reference
For the life of me I cannot remember the smell of marigolds, I can only say that in this particular fragrance the floral accord seems to be bright, not particularly sweet, with just enough powderiness to evoke lipsticks and foundations and all things classically feminine, retro and refined. From Wordnik.com. [Perfume Review: Montale Aoud Red Flowers] Reference
'Absorbs oil but doesn't age a face with powderiness.'. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
L’Instant is a scent that revolves around the theme of magnolia: sweet and honey like without being cloying an element which the citrus-honey note supports; Iris to accentuate the fluffy powderiness; and a benzoin-vanilla base to maintain the sweetness as much as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-09-01] Reference
So maybe I'll get to feel the powderiness yet. From Wordnik.com. [StyleyGeek gets trigger happy with the camera and the captions] Reference
Carnation is apparent immediately, but so is orange flower, which smells like an echo of l’Heure Bleue with pilot-hat and goggles… Although Vol de Nuit has the signature powderiness from the classic Guerlinade and iris notes engrained within its structure; En Avion takes powderiness nearly into central stage, and in a far softer and lady-like olfactory context: rose, lilac and violet, and underlined with powdery opoponaxs which almost instantly bring to mind the scent of vintage face powder. From Wordnik.com. [Haunting Dreams of Aviation] Reference
'powderiness' Stephen mentions. From Wordnik.com. [FoodQualityNews RSS] Reference
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