Meanings of very attar in inglés

Then there came from the shadowy circle of listeners no clatter of hands and voices, but a low disjoined murmur;-thevery attar of applause.

Nowhere else is there such a preponderance of pure statement, of the very attar of thought, over the bulkier, circumstantial, qualifying, or secondary elements.

Surely he was in error; for your face, O khansaman, is open as the sun, your lips are fragrant with the very attar of truth.