Pilot shouldn't dip too much into vintage fragrance (4)
I believe the answer is:
nose
'pilot shouldn't dip' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'too much into vintage fragrance' is the wordplay.
'too' becomes 'so' (synonyms).
'much' means to remove the last letter (much but not all of the word).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'vintage fragrance' becomes 'noe' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'so' with its last letter removed is 's'.
's' going inside 'noe' is 'NOSE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nose that I've seen before include "Informer" , "Grass" , "Flair (for wine)" , "Aroma of wine" , "See 7" .)