perfume.
A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
Meaning & usage
A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
She bought a perfume at the airport.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.
To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Middle French parfum, perfum. Doublet of parfum.
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