Meaning of cassolette | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A box or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.
   countable
2. The natural scent of a woman.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Far aloft, over the Altar of the Fatherland, on their tall crane standards of iron⟳, swing⟳ pensile our antique Cassolettes or Pans of Incense; dispensing sweet incense-fumes[.]”

““Don't you like⟳ the word cassolette, Julian?” He supposed Thayer thought she was being clever. Cassolette was also a reference to the natural fragrance of a woman.”

“I know⟳ you're in a hurry⟳ to find⟳ out about cassolette, but please⟳ first note⟳ that “if you use⟳ your palm, rub it over your own⟳ and your partner's armpit area first.””

“I'm still bemused by the original "cassolette", which turns out to be "the natural perfume of a clean⟳ woman: her greatest natural asset after her beauty", and definitely not to be confused with a small hotpot.”

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