A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

ATTAR

Sun, 18 Feb '24
Perfume ingredient
Sun, 11 Dec '22
Fragrant oil
Mon, 4 Jul '22
Rose petal fragrance
Mon, 9 May '22
Sufi poet thought to have coined the adage found at the starts of 19-, 27-, 45- and 52-Across
Sun, 14 Feb '21
Smell of a rose