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Timeless Essences of Perfume Alchemy
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Across
- 1. Fruity spice from Schinus berries, adding warmth and piquancy
- 3. Precious spice stigma, golden-hued and subtly aromatic
- 4. Seed exuding coumarin, once replacing vanilla’s olfactive charm
- 7. Sweet balsam resin used to impart vanilla-amber warmth
- 9. Fabled sea treasure turned fixative, from a cetacean's digestion
- 11. Gum resin known for healing and ritual, with a bitter aroma
- 14. Grassy root oil foundational in perfumes, native to India
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- 2. Rock-rose shrub yielding labdanum, a sticky aromatic resin
- 5. Spicy flower buds historically traded as aromatic agents
- 6. Pheromone-laden secretion once sourced from a Himalayan deer
- 8. Sacred resin of ancient rituals, smoky and citrusy
- 10. Balm derived from Mediterranean shrubs, used for ancient incense
- 12. Resinous heartwood prized since antiquity for its smoky fragrance
- 13. Citrus blossom oil named for an Italian princess' surname
- 15. Floral note named after a mythic Greek youth, once fragrant essence
- 16. Sensual night-blooming flower, cornerstone of classic perfumery
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