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perfume

[pur-fyoom, per-fyoom, per-fyoom, pur-fyoom] / ˈpɜr fjum, pərˈfjum, pərˈfjum, ˈpɜr fjum /


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Arnest, a Russian maker of perfume, cosmetics, and household products, also bought the Russian business of U.K. consumer-goods group Unilever in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

We’ve all stood under a streetlight; we all know the smell of wine and cheap perfume.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Yes, they do, for perfume and for investing.

From MarketWatch Jul. 29, 2026

The powder clings beautifully to potatoes before roasting, the dried dairy helping to encourage browning while the herbs perfume every bite.

From Salon Jun. 2, 2026

Now that she was sitting, I could hug her around the neck, kiss her soft, powdered face, smell the fruity perfume she put on for special occasions.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

The Aztecs had an unexpected passion for flowers, I learned, doused themselves in perfumes, wrote epic poetry and painted colorful frescos.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

Dubbed "a couturier of the sacred" by Vogue magazine, Sorcinelli has seen his business expand over the years, now encompassing perfumes and body products for the general public.

From Barron's Aug. 22, 2026

The devil only occasionally played a part in ads for fashion products, such as perfumes, makeup and handkerchiefs.

From Salon May 17, 2026

There have been reports of an uptick in luxury goods such as Chanel cosmetics and perfumes circulating among wealthy North Koreans, while fur coats have become popular in a city bordering China.

From BBC May 5, 2026

They were at the vanity, trying on the lipsticks and perfumes, which I’ve done in my own mami’s bedroom countless times.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

Perhaps the book’s greatest feat is its depiction of the historical moment when the modern overpowered the ancient—a world, now lost, of floridly costumed courtiers, fabled princes, exotic vices and perfumed palaces.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 4, 2026

Great British Chefs specified that tonka’s “most distinctive feature” is their “enormous potency — heady vanilla flavours, with oily clove aromas, and perfumed magnolia, sandalwood notes.”

From Salon Sep. 19, 2025

For now, Estrada and Kolding are basking in their perfumed frontyard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2025

Follow your nose through a garden, and pay attention to what memories are triggered: spring lilacs and newly turned soil, freshly cut lawn and lazy summer days perfumed with lavender, the damp decay of autumn.

From Seattle Times Feb. 9, 2024

Clay, for example, slept on a soft, clean feather mattress, with perfumed sheets and silken curtains around the four-poster bed.

From "Copper Sun" by Sharon M. Draper

Its paprika and gentle heat bloom in the oven, perfuming everything around it.

From Salon Mar. 23, 2026

After some time in the oven, perfuming the entire house, the ham would emerge crispy and crackly on top—a perfect interplay of umami, sweetness, and spice.

From Salon Apr. 18, 2025

When one skater went airborne for a tailslide, scraping the Pulaski stonework with the edge of his deck, Fuchs pointed an index finger upward as if the sound were perfuming the air.

From Washington Post Sep. 17, 2022

The sacred ritual not just about lighting a stick and perfuming your home.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 11, 2022

Dona Zaida, once a formidable matriarch who ruled her eight sons by a resolute jealousy, spent long afternoons watching novelas on television and perfuming her thickening wrists.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García




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