Camphoric

Balsamic yet barely sweet, bracing but not camphoric, this tightly edited homage to precious woods is as far away from what I used to think of as “perfume” could possibly be, and yet I undeniably was drawn to it. ❋ Marina Geigert (2009)

As soon as I sprayed it on I felt the presence of the original, in the heavy, bitter almond opening standing in for that famous camphoric tuberose-anise-incense blast. ❋ Marina Geigert (2009)

Kingzett's view is that camphoric peroxide is formed C10 H14 O4, and that in presence of water it decomposes into camphoric acid and ❋ Various (N/A)

To Lilly, who had never seen her out of the cotton-stuff uniform of housewife, it seemed to her that something of her Old Testament beauty had died beneath the bunchy jetted taffeta that brought out in her the look of peasant -- her husband in camphoric broadcloth suffering the same demotion. ❋ Fannie Hurst (1928)

He discovered quinic acid, asparagin, camphoric acid, and other organic substances. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Narcissus is here, but it's the earthy, almost camphoric kind, not the sweeter type. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Carbonated hydrogen gas; carbonic acid; camphoric acid, each in proportions which I have not been able to determine, on account of the volatility of the camphor. ❋ Unknown (1797)

"[Eucalyptus] Radiata" [herbal] oil aroma is sweet, slightly camphorous; most gentle off all [eucalyptus] species. ❋ Ilovescents (2017)