mystique

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree French mystiquebor. English mystique Borrowed from French mystique (“a mystic”), from Latin mysticus. See also the doublet mystic.

1. An aura of heightened interest, meaning or mystery surrounding a person or thing.

   “THE LONDON BRIGHTON & SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. By C. Hamilton Ellis. Ian Allan. 30s. [...] In an opening chapter entitled "Portrait", he ends by asking whether there was a mystique about the L.B. & S.C.”

   “The mystique spelled out a choice—love, home, children, or other goals and purposes in life. […] The baby boom of the immediate postwar years took place in every country. But it was not permeated, in most other countries, with the mystique of feminine fulfillment.”