to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance
the fans are used to odorize the air outside the confectioner's shop in order to lure more passersby
This luscious treatment is flavored and scented, but not tinted.
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Boutayna Chokrane,
Wired News,
9 July 2025
Promptly at nine, the garden gates opened on a scene of enchantment subtly designed to appeal to all the senses, cunningly lit, scented with strange perfumes to evoke vividly, as nothing but a perfume can, the suggestion which the setting was meant to convey….
Their beauty routine, in fact, focused on ointments and oils extracted from olive trees, which were used to moisturize and perfume the face and body: Women would cleanse their skin with oil while bathing and then, once finished, reuse it to obtain even more hydration.
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Laura Tortora,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
Much of Sardinia is coated in vegetal scrub known as maquis, a Mediterranean ecosystem which perfumes the island.
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