pastil

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Now a well-made pastil should not develope any odor of its own, but simply volatilize that fragrant matter, whatever it be, used in its manufacture.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

"Well, then, let it be so," said Monte-Cristo sternly, as he took a greenish, strongly smelling pastil from a box cut from an opal.

From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Lermina, Jules

Maximilian embraced his friend and swallowed the pastil.

From The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I by Lermina, Jules

The use of charcoal in a pastil is merely for burning, producing, during its combustion, the heat required to quickly volatilize the perfuming material with which it is surrounded.

From The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants by Piesse, George William Septimus

As for Tom Moore, some of his songs diffused an odor like a burning pastil.

From Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses from an Old Manse") by Hawthorne, Nathaniel