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perfume

[ noun pur-fyoom, per-fyoom; verb per-fyoom, pur-fyoom ]

noun

  1. a substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell, especially a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. the scent, odor, or volatile particles emitted by substances that smell agreeable.

    Antonyms:



verb (used with object)

perfumed, perfuming.
  1. (of substances, flowers, etc.) to impart a pleasant fragrance to.
  2. to impregnate with a sweet odor; scent.

perfume

noun

  1. a mixture of alcohol and fragrant essential oils extracted from flowers, spices, etc, or made synthetically, used esp to impart a pleasant long-lasting scent to the body, stationery, etc See also cologne toilet water
  2. a scent or odour, esp a fragrant one
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to impart a perfume to
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of perfume1

First recorded in 1525–35; earlier parfume (noun), from Middle French parfum, noun derivative of parfumer (verb), from obsolete Italian parfumare (modern profumare ). See per-, fume
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of perfume1

C16: from French parfum, probably from Old Provençal perfum, from perfumar to make scented, from per through (from Latin) + fumar to smoke, from Latin ´Ú³Ü³¾Äå°ù±ð to smoke
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Synonym Study

Perfume, aroma, fragrance all refer to agreeable odors. Perfume often indicates a strong, rich smell, natural or manufactured: the perfume of flowers. Fragrance is usually applied to fresh, delicate, and delicious odors, especially from growing things: fragrance of new-mown hay. Aroma is restricted to a somewhat spicy smell: the aroma of coffee.
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This would be like having a single neuron that fires when you see a photograph of your grandmother, hear her voice, read her name or perhaps even smell her familiar perfume.

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Then she pulls out a fancy perfume bottle and wafts it under her nose, inhaling a chemical approximation of the scented flora surrounding them.

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"Even when I was first fit with the mask, I had to spray perfume in it to be able to put it on in the first place because it smelled like intensive care."

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The smell of caramelized onions, garlic and tomato sauce perfumes the air.

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"Tiger Balm is the new coffee," said one user, while another quipped, "I apply perfume between my nose and lips now – saving it just for myself."

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