Aroma
an odor arising from spices, plants, cooking, etc., especially an agreeable odor; fragrance.
(of wines and spirits) the odor or bouquet.
a pervasive characteristic or quality.
contemporary examples
the aroma of generations of wealth—not money, not people, but wealth—wafted through each room like a cloud of rare perfume.
prada and gucci show off strong, smart sensuality at milan fall 2012 fashion shows robin givhan february 23, 2012
an aroma of chocolate permeates the upper east side at one point in chronic city.
stoned in manhattan jane ciabattari october 18, 2009
in both of these examples, the winery was attempting to manipulate the wine’s aroma to make it more marketable.
the great wine cover-up keith wallace august 17, 2009
at one point, they were peeling truffles, but there was no aroma.
inside spain’s most legendary kitchen katie workman august 24, 2009
take a long, deep whiff of that aroma and ladle it over your warm fettuccine.
how to cook ‘ghetto gourmet’ the daily beast december 7, 2009
historical examples
man is the creator of his own happiness; it is the aroma of a life lived in harmony with high ideals.
the majesty of calmness william george jordan
the very name of casanova had intoxicated her with its aroma of a thousand conquests.
casanova’s homecoming arthur schnitzler
in the calm, windless doldrums, he never came up on deck but what the aroma of whisky travelled with him.
the viking blood frederick william wallace
the coffee had undeniably an aroma that it had not had of past mornings.
the tr-mm-ng of goosie james hopper
the theory is that the old coffee furnishes body and strength, and the fresh coffee the aroma.
all about coffee william h. ukers
noun
a distinctive usually pleasant smell, esp of spices, wines, and plants
a subtle pervasive quality or atmosphere
n.
early 13c., “fragrant substance,” from latin aroma “sweet odor,” from greek aroma “seasoning, any spice or sweet herb,” of unknown origin. meaning “fragrance” is from 1814. a hypercorrect plural is aromata.
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