Chypre (noun)
sheep-re
A heady perfume made from Sandalwood.
Late 19th century from French, literally ‘Cyprus’, perhaps where it was first made.
Example sentences
“She’d gone but the heady chypre clung in the air.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
