PERFUMERY Definition & Meaning

perfumery

[ per-fyoo-muh-ree ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural perfumeries.

perfumes collectively.
a perfume.
the art or business of a perfumer.
the place of business of a perfumer.
the preparation of perfumes.

perfumery

/ ��əˈ��ː��ə��ɪ /

noun

a place where perfumes are sold
a factory where perfumes are made
the process of making perfumes
perfumes in general

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of perfumery¹

1790–1800; perfumer + -y ³; -ery

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He’s been wearing ouds as part of his creative process when making the EP, one of the most expensive — and divisive — notes in perfumery known as “wood of the gods.”

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“Welcome to the best perfumery in all of Paris. It is full of distillations, aromatics, concoctions, and one-of-a-kind perfumes,” she said in French.

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Yet what is perhaps most remarkable about the collection is that the company founded in 1828 that invented modern perfumery hadn’t assembled it before.

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Yet what is perhaps most remarkable about the collection is that the company founded in 1828 that invented modern perfumery had not assembled it before.

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I was dating this guy who was into perfumery and chemistry.

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