top note

top note

English

Noun

top note (plural top notes)

1. The most volatile parts of a perfume which are immediately perceived upon its application.

   Synonym: head note

   Coordinate terms: middle note, base note

2. (music) The highest note that can be produced by a certain instrument or singer.
3. (by extension) The best that a person can do; one's finest achievement.
   • 1913, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Poison Belt‎:

     "If you all want to see it through I am with you. It's dooced interestin', and no mistake about that. I've had my share of adventures in my life, and as many thrills as most folk, but I'm endin' on my top note."

Translations

The most volatile parts of a perfume which are immediately perceived upon its application.

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Czech: please add this translation if you can Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: latvatuoksu, alkutuoksu French: tête (fr) f, note de tête (fr) f German: Kopfnote (de) f, Spitze (de) f, Angeruch m Greek: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Manx: ard-note m Polish: nuta głowy f Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovak: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can