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perfume

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


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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 museum also confirmed it lost a bust, brooches, a perfume bottle, two bracelets, comb, hatpin, belt buckle and several necklaces and pendants.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

He also said that their two children reminded him of "the best" of Michelle and that they "ask for her perfume so they can still smell her".

From BBC May 20, 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 oil perfumes the whole pan with garlic and tomato while adding a subtle richness to the eggs themselves.

From Salon Jun. 11, 2026

The New York-based business makes a variety of products, ranging from scents for perfumes to ingredients used in food that can help digestion.

From The Wall Street Journal May 29, 2026

At another wholesale mall, iridescent streamers and gold mirror balls hung from the ceiling of Wen Linpeng's shop selling colourful soap bars, perfumes and make-up products.

From Barron's Apr. 23, 2026

The vouchers were reportedly intended as raffle prizes and gifts to volunteers, but Joell-Deshields spent them on luxury perfumes and Apple products, the directors said.

From BBC Apr. 2, 2026

Candles on the window ledges lit his way and he noticed all the different smells . . . strange spices, extinguished fires and burning cedar, sweets, powders, and perfumes.

From "The Marvels" by Brian Selznick

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

The steakhouse creamed spinach, perfumed with nutmeg and unapologetically rich.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2025

Outside the clinic, in a "Koala Rehab Centre" faintly perfumed by eucalyptus leaves, is a three-year-old recovering from a hysterectomy.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2024

He took a huge whiff of the sweet, perfumed night air.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young

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

From Salon Mar. 23, 2026

Thick smoke of burning incense penetrates the room, perfuming everything sacred.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2023

In all of them, comedy is a top note, perfuming the odor of rot underneath.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2022

I complained to my mom about how the sharp, sweet smell was perfuming my kitchen and living room, and she suggested slicing and saving them in the freezer.

From Salon Mar. 24, 2022

They would arrive earlier than the others and spend the morning shaving him, giving him massages with hot towels, cutting and polishing the nails on his hands and feet, and perfuming him with toilet water.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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