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AROMATIC PERFUME OIL [2 records]

Record 1 1996-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Perfume and Cosmetics Industry
OBS

This essential oil is extracted from the gum resin obtained by making an incision in a tree which grows in Arabia and south-east Africa. The essential oil is yellowish in colour and has a balsamic aroma. Its perfume becomes slightly lemony when mixed with myrrh and aromatic spices.... It is a good nerve tonic, antiseptic, and pectoral(good for the chest).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parfumerie
DEF

[Huile essentielle extraite de la gomme d'un arbre de la famille des] Térébenthinacées ou Burséracées originaires du pourtour de la mer Rouge (Somalie, Arabie), et utilisée depuis la plus haute Antiquité dans les cérémonies religieuses pour sa fumée odoriférante. [Ses propriétés sont] tonifiante et énergisante, anti-infectieuse des voies respiratoires, anti-inflammatoire, antidouleur et cicatrisante.

Spanish

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Record 2 1985-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toiletries
DEF

a trademark. a light aromatic toilet water or perfume often containing orange-flower water and cinnamaldehyde or bergamot oil usu. in an alcoholic base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles de toilette
DEF

une eau de toilette utilisée au Canada français, aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles.

Spanish

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