Drydown
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The phase of a perfume where the top note gives way to the base note. countable, uncountable
"In those days I didn't buy perfumes, and initially thought Chamade was two fragrances: I would smell the drydown on passers-by and find it wonderful, but it took me months to connect it to the nondescript floral green top note."
- 2 The physiologically mature phase in the ripening of a crop, where the fruit attains the desired trait of desiccation, suiting it for harvest and storage (e.g. maize, soybean). countable, uncountable
- 3 A period where the habitat of a hydrophile organism is desiccated. countable, uncountable
Example
More examples"In those days I didn't buy perfumes, and initially thought Chamade was two fragrances: I would smell the drydown on passers-by and find it wonderful, but it took me months to connect it to the nondescript floral green top note."
Etymology
From dry + down and deverbal from dry down.
More for "drydown"
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.