Arabic · noun · Love & Longing

Ittar

इत्र

said it-tar

also written: Itr

Meaning

Attar; concentrated floral perfume or essential oil.

Usage & notes

Ittar is the distilled fragrance of flowers; its lingering scent stands for the trace of beauty or presence that remains after the source is gone.

Related words

Fragrance, sweet scent, pleasant smell.

Musk; the dark, intensely fragrant secretion of the musk-deer.

Ambergris; a precious aromatic substance used in perfume.

The musk-pod; the bladder of the musk-deer that holds the musk.