Can you describe 'essence'?

Answer 1

the core of you

Answer 2

essence is used most of the time to describe the condensed, or base nature of something. It contains the most potent, positive or important properties, e.g:

The hippie used essence of sandalwood to cover the smell of her sweating armpits.
or
It is essential to the fight against hunger to keep food kitchens open.
or
The mad scientist reduced the solution to a deep blue essence that would bring fear to the hearts of his enemies.

Hahaha, I come up with weird examples, I know, but I hope that helps.

Answer 3

essence (n.) The intrinsic or indispensable properties that serve to characterize or identify something.
essence (n.) The most important ingredient; the crucial element.
essence (n.) The inherent, unchanging nature of a thing or class of things

Answer 4

es·sence [éss’ns]
n

1. identifying nature: the quality or nature of something that identifies it or makes it what it is.

2. basic feature: the most basic element or feature of something.
"Lack of time is the essence of the problem."

3. perfect form: the perfect or idealized form of something, especially when embodied in a person.
"She is the essence of tact."

4. [philosophy] ideal nature of something: the ideal nature of something, independent of and prior to its existence.

5. [religion] spiritual entity: a spiritual entity.

6. [biochemistry] chemical constituent of plant: an extract or derivative of a plant that contains its characteristic or special chemical constituents.

7. [cooking cosmetics] concentrated plant extract: a concentrated substance extracted from a plant that retains the plant’s essential properties, such as flavor and fragrance.
"peppermint essence"

[14th century. Via French from Latin essentia , from essent- , the present participle stem of esse “to be” (source of English entity). Ultimately from an Indo-European word meaning “to be.”]