Cologne

Definitions

1. A type of perfume consisting of 2–5% essential oils, 70–90% alcohol and water.
   uncountable, usually
2. The largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany, on the Rhine River.
3. A city and town in Minnesota, United States.
4. Any of a family of fresh, citrus-based fragrances distilled using extracts from citrus, floral, and woody ingredients, said to have been developed in the early 18th century in Cologne, Germany.
   uncountable, usually
5. A fragrance typically worn by a man as opposed to a woman, regardless of its concentration.
   broadly, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Examples

“You stink of too much cologne.”

“The perfume market has always been a two-tiered one, with a relatively small number⟳ of buyers of small bottles of real perfume and eau de parfum that cost⟳ large amounts of money, and a larger number⟳ of buyers of somewhat larger bottles of cologne and eau de toilette that are considerably more affordable but not always cheap.”

“He wore some aftershave or cologne that gave him a heavy, nasty, sweet scent.”

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