microfragrance

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

micro- +‎ fragrance

Noun[edit]

microfragrance (plural microfragrances)

  1. A fragrance stored in tiny amounts in a material, formerly used in scratch and sniff products.
    • 1976, Ruth Winter, The smell book: scents, sex, and society, page 106:
      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.
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=microfragrance&oldid=72765841"