Fruit with extremely likeable fragrance has a fine lustre (11)
I believe the answer is:
pearlescent
'has a fine lustre' is the definition.
(resembling mother-of-pearl)
'fruit with extremely likeable fragrance' is the wordplay.
'fruit with' becomes 'pear' (pear is a kind of fruit. I am not sure about the 'with' bit.).
'extremely' means to remove the middle letters.
'fragrance' becomes 'scent' (synonyms).
'likeable' with its centre removed is 'le'.
'pear'+'le'+'scent'='PEARLESCENT'
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