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Decline minimal amount of fragrance, initially (4-3)

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I believe the answer is:

drop-off

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'decline' is the definition.
(I know that drop off is a kind of decline)

'minimal amount of fragrance initially' is the wordplay.
'minimal amount' becomes 'drop' (drop is a kind of amount. I am not sure about the 'minimal' bit.).
'initially' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'fragrance' is 'f'.
'drop'+'of'+'f'='DROP-OFF'

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