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Eau de l'Homme Crossword Puzzle

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Team mate pollucci19 left a challenge in the Authors' Lounge to create a quiz on men's cologne. How difficult would it be to produce a crossword using this theme? Would it pass the sniff test? You be the judge. Enjoy! (British/Australasian spelling)
Author: psnz - Diff: Harder

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      1. Ingredient in some medicated shampoos (4,3)
      5. Nice on the nose
      9. A fragrant essential component of most colognes
      10. Young children, colloquially; ankle-biters?
      11. Enters again
      12. Phonetically: ____ ____ in echo (1,2)
      14. Cologne ingredients extracted from blossoms such as 4D
      16. Water down, reduce the concentration of
      17. Pleasant smelling liquid added to washing water before immersion (4,3)
      18. Authentic, not synthetic
      21. Herb used to provide top notes of a perfume or cologne
      23. Pleasing to the mind or senses, as colognes should be
      24. Some spa mixtures
      26. Pulse point at back of neck where scent may be applied
      29. Pulse points of the wrists where scent may be applied
      31. Most in need of moisturiser
      32. Ancient peoples used herbs and ____ as perfume ingredients
      33. 33D + "Saint" + 15D, initially
      35. Russian master of the modern short story
      36. Formally accuse
      37. Fragrance marketed to men (abbr.)
      38. Islamic peoples who helped refine the scent-making process
      39. Intense; also a French term indicating a higher aromatic concentration in a perfume

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      1. Type of evergreen tree whose resin has been used to extract perfume ingredients
      2. Ancient Greek storage vessel also used for perfumes
      3. It's often picked up in bars (3,3)
      4. Flower, one of the first used for fragrant aromatics
      5. Some cameras (abbr.)
      6. Involve
      7. Woman considered the world's first recorded chemist (c. 1200 BCE), a perfume-maker
      8. Analyse (cologne components?)
      13. An Oakland team, or a range of sports that might use/require colognes afterwards
      15. 33D + "Saint" + 15D: French fashion house producing "Opium" (Last Name)
      16. Places seeds or seedlings into the ground
      19. ____ de Cologne
      20. Vegas opener
      21. Perfumes are marketed to women, colognes to ____
      22. Brief time out?
      24. Small amount
      25. Convertible couches
      27. File, useful for storing perfume or cologne recipes
      28. Perfumer's extract
      29. Connecting strips of land
      30. Distilled alcohol which may be used in creating perfumes or colognes
      33. 33D + "Saint" + 15D: French fashion house producing "Opium" (First Name)
      34. Frilly fabric