perfume

Speech parts

1. perfume - Noun

2. perfume - Verb

Meaning

To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma.

A substance that emits an agreeable odor.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

scent aroma fragrance essence aromatize aromatise cologne tang attar musk fume savor marrowbone atar nose
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Antonyms

funk odor acidity hum stink exhalation
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Hypernyms

smell scent odor groom odour neaten

Hyponyms

cologne incense perfumery potpourri patchouli rose water

Phrases with the word

perfume with smoke bit of perfume light-smelling perfume italian perfume perfume base perfume burner

Derivatives

perfumed perfuming

Examples

Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan. Uma Thurman

Can anyone remember love? It's like trying to summon up the smell of roses in a cellar. You might see a rose, but never the perfume. Arthur Miller

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass. John Steinbeck

He that paints a flower does not give it perfume. Italian Proverb

Good perfume is known by its scent rather than by the perfumer's advertisement. Afghan Proverb

Fifty lemons are a load for one person, but for fifty persons they are perfume. Ethiopian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

perfringolysin perfumable perfumatory perfume base perfume burner perfume with smoke