parfum.
perfume (scented toiletry)
Meaning & usage
perfume (scented toiletry)
scent, desirable smell
flavour, aroma, taste (e.g., of ice cream)
Le parfum des framboises est rarement naturel.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle French parfum, from parfumer (“to scent”), borrowed from Old Occitan perfumar or another language around the Mediterranean coast, cf. Italian profumare, themselves from Latin per (“through, thoroughly”) + fumāre (“to smoke”).
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