microfragrance

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ fragrance.

Noun

microfragrance (plural microfragrances)

1. A fragrance stored in tiny amounts in a material, formerly used in scratch and sniff products.
   • 1976, Ruth Winter, The smell book: scents, sex, and society, page 106:

     The 3M Company has had spectacular success with its scratch-and-sniff scents. These are microfragrances encapsulated in millions of tiny plastic bubbles — more than fifty million to a square inch of paper.