attar

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from Persian عطر (atr, “scent”), from Arabic عِطْر (ʕiṭr, “perfume”).

1. An essential oil extracted from flowers.

   “Now, when orange-flowers are distilled with water, we procure the otto of the blossom, which is known commercially as oil of neroli.”

   “I bequeath to you my literary work. Useless though these might be commercially, they are the attar-drops distilled from the long and futile ebullience of my life.”

2. A perfume made from this oil.