| 单词 | Peau d'Espagne |
| 释义 | ‖ Peau d'Espagne|po dɛspaɲ|
Also with lower-case initials.
[Fr., lit. ‘skin of Spain’.]
a. A perfumed leather. Cf. Spanish leather s.v. Spanish a. 2 b.
b. A scent supposedly suggestive of the aroma of this leather.
1855G. W. S. Piesse Art of Perfumery vii. 143 Peau d'Espagne, or Spanish skin, is nothing more than highly perfumed leather. Ibid., Finally, each double skin, now called peau d'Espagne, is to be enveloped in some pretty silk or satin, and finished off to the taste of the vender. 1898Junior Army & Navy Stores Catal. 190/1 Atkinson's Perfumes..Peau d'Espagne, in Fancy Ribbon Sachets..each 1/6. 1906‘O. Henry’ Four Million (1916) 112 A 200-pound woman breathing a flavour of Camembert cheese and Peau d'Espagne. 1907Yesterday's Shopping (1969) 37/2 Soaps..Peau d'Espagne—box of 3 tablets 4/9. 1912Maclean's Mag. Jan. 262/2 When his mother swept into the dining-room at meal-times, her hair faultlessly arranged, and wafting peau d'Espagne as she moved, Eugene followed in her wake like a small dog. 1919[see otto1]. 1922Joyce Ulysses 747 That cheap peau despagne that faded and left a stink on you. 1942E. Bowen Seven Winters 31 She used Peau d'Espagne scent. 1972T. McLaughlin Gilded Lily vi. 70 The combination of perfume and leather could be obtained also in the form of peau d'Espagne, small perfumed pieces of leather that were used like lavender sachets or pot-pourri bags to hang in cupboards or tuck into pockets of clothes. |
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