Citations:vanillalike

English citations of vanillalike and vanilla-like

Adjective: Resembling or characteristic of vanilla in taste or scent.

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• 1927, Austin Hobart Clark, “Fragrant Butterflies”, in Annual Report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, page 440:

  In Assam Mr. Wood-Mason found that the males of Lethe rohria emit a delicious vanillalike scent.

• 1941, Edward Harrison Graham, Legumes for Erosion Control and Wildlife, United States Department of Agriculture, page 79:

  The sweet, vanillalike odor of the plant is due to a bitter substance called cumarin, present to some extent in all species of the genus.

• 1944 October, Francisca E. Arana, Vanilla Curing and its Chemistry, number 42, United States Department of Agriculture, page 7:

  […] while the frozen beans were characterized by the most suave vanillalike aroma.

• 1975 January 1, Eleanor Anthony King, Bible Plants for American Gardens, Courier Corporation, →ISBN, page 154:

  Benzoin is exceedingly aromatic, with a vanillalike odor. It is used in medicine as a stimulant, and in the preparation of heavy, sweet perfumes, soap, toilet waters, lotions, tooth powders, incense and fumigating materials.

• 1982, Susan J. Wernert, Reader's Digest North American Wildlife, Reader's Digest, →ISBN, page 423:

  […] the Garden Heliotrope (Heliotropium arborescens), valued for the vanillalike fragrance of its purple flowers, is native to Peru.

• 1997 January 7, Susan Miller Cavitch, The Soapmaker's Companion: A Comprehensive Guide with Recipes, Techniques & Know-How, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 206:

  Soapmakers are eager to incorporate resins into soap because of their medicinal value, vanillalike scent and rich, brown tones.

• 1998, Lisa Gollin Evans, An Outdoor Family Guide to Rocky Mountain National Park, The Mountaineers Books, →ISBN, page 155:

  The vanillalike fragrance of the mature ponderosa pines fills the air.

• 2000 February, Karen Robards, Ghost Moon, Dell Publishing, →ISBN, page 94:

  The delicate vanillalike aroma that gave the bush its name wafted around her.

• 2000 July, Ed Halloran, Gene Spaziani, The Home Winemaker's Companion: Secrets, Recipes, and Know-How for Making 115 Great-Tasting Wines, Storey Publishing, →ISBN, page 134:

  The attractive buttery, vanilla-like flavors are appreciated by connoisseurs.

• 2002 January 25, E. Barrie Kavasch, The Medicine Wheel Garden: Creating Sacred Space for Healing, Celebration, and Tranquillity, Bantam Books, →ISBN:

  It is also called holy grass, vanilla grass, and Seneca grass, and is most desirable because of its vanilla-like fragrance.

• 2010 September 30, Hugh Johnson, Hugh Johnson's Pocket Wine, Mitchell Beazley, →ISBN:

  Newcomers to wine can easily be beguiled by the vanilla-like scent and flavour into thinking they have bought something luxurious rather than something cosmetically flavoured.

• 2016 March 8, Margaret Ann Lembo, The Essential Guide to Aromatherapy and Vibrational Healing, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN:

  Benzoin's vanillalike scent instills a sense of calm, invoking feelings of safety and peace.

• 2017 December 28, P. N. Ravindran, The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Spices, CAB International, →ISBN, page 1028:

  Vanillyl ethyl ether and 4-(ethoxy methyl) phenol are described as having sweet vanilla-like flavours, with creamy coconut undertones.