Microfragrance

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A fragrance stored in tiny amounts in a material, formerly used in scratch and sniff products.

    "The 3M Company has had spectacular success with its scratch-and-sniff scents. These are microfragrances encapsulated in millions of tiny plastic bubbles — more than fifty million to a square inch of paper."

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"The 3M Company has had spectacular success with its scratch-and-sniff scents. These are microfragrances encapsulated in millions of tiny plastic bubbles — more than fifty million to a square inch of paper."

Etymology

From micro- + fragrance.

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