sillage

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Ms. Casey, a former CNN correspondent, canvassed the experiences and opinions of 250 men "from St. Louis to SoHo" and discovered that the male can be lured by both sillage (the French word for a trail of perfume), and a large slab of beef brisket.

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  1. Wake; track; specifically, the disturbance of the ether produced by the movement through it of an electrified corpuscle or electron. The wake (sillage) which accompanies the electron in its motion. Langevin, at Congress of Arts and Science, St. Louis, IV.

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  • After a few minutes, its sillage subsides, although the fragrance remains rich. —  Now Smell This
  • Vanille tonka was also great value for money to me: these daysnothing compares to it as a "happy at home" scent: deliriously comforting, simple but never boring and with great sillage. —  Now Smell This
  • Ms. Casey, a former CNN correspondent, canvassed the experiences and opinions of 250 men "from St. Louis to SoHo" and discovered that the male can be lured by both sillage (the French word for a trail of perfume), and a large slab of beef brisket. —  The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
  • They have sillage; they have personality; they have power. —  Perfume Posse
  • Corsage Dames love big white flowers, maximum sillage, fine champagne, and Tahitian pearls. —  Perfume Posse
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  1. French sillage, a wake, track.
 

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