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perfume

noun as in scent, often manufactured and packaged for personal use

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Coty in August said it was making a big push into fragrance mists, which are lighter than traditional perfumes and gaining popularity as consumers layer scents and look for lower-priced treats.

E. coli is the field's main "workhorse" says Prof Wallace, who has also genetically engineered it in the lab to turn plastic waste into vanilla flavour and fatberg waste from sewers into perfume.

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It also offered warehouse-style display shelves packed with goods such as lip balm, perfume, false nails and foot cream.

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Great British Chefs specified that tonka’s “most distinctive feature” is their “enormous potency — heady vanilla flavours, with oily clove aromas, and perfumed magnolia, sandalwood notes.”

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It also offers warehouse-style display shelves packed with goods such as lip balm, perfume, false nails and foot cream.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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