lavender water

Noun

lavender water (countable and uncountable, plural lavender waters)

1. A perfume composed of alcohol, essential oil of lavender, essential oil of bergamot, and essence of ambergris.
   • When I had recovered my reason, I had the happiness of finding my brother and Delia sitting by me, and my champion kneeling before me, and pouring lavender water on my hands and face, with a look of such tender solicitude, as if his life depended upon mine.1771, Elizabeth Griffith, The History of Lady Barton, London: T. Davies & T. Cadell, Volume 3, Letter 59, p. 30
   • […] as they perceived some more signs of life than were at first apparent, a young Englishman poured down his throat the greatest part of a bottle of lavender-water, which he happened to have in his pocket. The effects of such a stimulus, applied to a stomach accustomed to nothing stronger than...1808 April, Sydney Smith, “Indian Missions”, in The Edinburgh Review, volume 12, number 23, page 175