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- Dictionaryperfume/ˈpəːfjuːm/
noun
- 1. a fragrant liquid typically made from essential oils extracted from flowers and spices, used to give a pleasant smell to one's body: "I caught a whiff of her fresh lemony perfume" Similar
verb
- 1. give a pleasant smell to: "just one bloom of jasmine has the power to perfume a whole room"
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a liquid with a pleasant smell, usually made from oils taken from flowers or spices and often used on the skin: What perfume are you wearing? She adores French perfume. [ U ] a pleasant natural smell: The perfume of the roses filled the room. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. a smell. smell What's that terrible smell?
The meaning of PERFUME is the scent of something sweet-smelling. How to use perfume in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Perfume.
a liquid with a pleasant smell, usually made from oils taken from flowers or spices and often used on the skin: What perfume are you wearing? She adores French perfume. [ U ] a pleasant natural smell: The perfume of the roses filled the room. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. a smell. smell What's that terrible smell?
perfume often indicates a strong, rich smell, natural or manufactured: the perfume of flowers. fragrance is usually applied to fresh, delicate, and delicious odors, esp. from growing things: fragrance of new-mown hay. aroma is restricted to a somewhat spicy smell: the aroma of coffee.
PERFUME definition: 1. a liquid with a pleasant smell that women put on their skin 2. containing perfume. Learn more.
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.
Perfume (UK: / ˈ p ɜː f j uː m /, US: / p ər ˈ f j uː m /; French: parfum) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds (fragrances), fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent.
(originally denoting pleasant-smelling smoke from a burning substance, especially one used in fumigation): from French parfum (noun), parfumer (verb), from obsolete Italian parfumare, literally ‘to smoke through’.
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.
perfume. /pərˈfjum/ /ˈpʌfjum/ IPA guide. Other forms: perfumed; perfumes; perfuming. That delicious mid-summer smell in the middle of a rose garden? You can call that its perfume. If you apply scented oil to your neck and wrists before leaving your house every the morning, you know what perfume is.
