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Saturday, November 23, 2024
Sillage
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noun 1. The degree to which a perfume's fragrance lingers in the air when worn.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "My mother taught me the perfect amount of perfume to apply for a light sillage."
Play Button "The sillage left from the overbearing cologne gave me a sneezing fit."
Play Button "I could tell she had just left the room from the sillage in the air."
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French, mid-20th century
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Why This Word?
If you've ever entered a room and gotten a whiff of the perfume left behind by someone who recently left, that's a depiction of sillage. The word is borrowed directly from French, where it literally means "wake, trail." ...
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