Microfragrance
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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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