Extract from notes suppressed by German city (7)
I believe the answer is:
essence
'extract' is the definition.
(I know that essence is a type of extract)
'notes suppressed by german city' is the wordplay.
'notes' becomes 'ce'.
'suppressed by' says to put letters next to each other.
'german city' becomes 'essen' (city in Germany).
'ce' after 'essen' is 'ESSENCE'.
'from' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for essence that I've seen before include "Perfume or distillation" , "Perfume or concentrate" , "Perfume; core" , "Plant extract or concentrate" , "SE scene (anag.)" .)