chypre

British  

/ ʃiprə /

noun

1. a perfume made from sandalwood

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Etymology

Origin of chypre

literally: Cyprus, where it perhaps originated

Example Sentences

She turned on the third from the left, dabbed herself with chypre and, carrying her shoes and stockings in her hand, went out to see if one of the vibro-vacuum machines were free.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

There were flowers everywhere, in strange-shaped glass vases, and the air was laden with a delicious, penetrating perfume, a mixture of chypre, iris, and a scent like new-mown hay.

From Bijou by Gyp

For a moment the Spaniard pressed her hulk so close to Esther that the latter was nearly choked with the fumes of her chypre.

From Juggernaut by Campbell, Alice

From my place by the stove, I could see the scalloped edges of the paper with a flaring monogram in the corner and could even smell the reek of chypre.

From Traffics and Discoveries by Kipling, Rudyard

A faint scent of chypre from Petticoat's cigarette as he alit.

From Ptomaine Street by Wells, Carolyn