Definition of PERFUME

Synonyms & Antonyms for perfume

Synonyms: Noun

Synonyms: Verb

Antonyms: Noun

Antonyms: Verb

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Noun

fragrance, perfume, scent, redolence mean a sweet or pleasant odor. fragrance suggests the odors of flowers or other growing things. the fragrance of pine perfume may suggest a stronger or heavier odor. the perfume of lilacs scent is very close to perfume but of wider application because more neutral in connotation. scent-free soaps redolence implies a mixture of fragrant or pungent odors. the redolence of a forest after a rain

Examples of perfume in a Sentence

Noun

She smelled the different perfumes at the store. the perfume of fresh flowers filled the room

Verb

The meal included a delicate fish perfumed with butter and herbs. a time when it was common for men to perfume their hair

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

Image Revlon, known for matching lips to nails and Shelley Hack striding in silk blouses and trousers through its Charlie perfume ads, has flirted with the risqué before. — New York Times, "Linda Wells Shows Flesh: Woke Makeup for Revlon," 21 June 2018 Its white blooms, opening in February, are small and usually overlooked but pack a potent perfume. — Ellen Nibali, baltimoresun.com, "Garden Q&A: Stop to smell the sweetbox plants," 8 Mar. 2018 This can include suntan lotion, shampoos, body soaps, toothpaste, makeup products, perfumes, nail products and diaper rash cream. — Kelsey Mo, azcentral, "Top 5 calls to Poison Control and what the hotline advises you should do," 18 June 2018 Everyday products from cleaning supplies to perfumes trigger health problems in an estimated 55 million Americans, according to a new study into a disputed condition known as Multiple Chemical Sensitivities (MCS). — Kashmira Gander, Newsweek, "What Is MCS? Multiple Chemical Sensitivity 'Affects Millions of Americans,' But It Isn't a Real Illness," 16 Mar. 2018 Vanilla beans originated in Mexico and Central America and are cultivated in Madagascar, Tahiti (where vanilla used in perfume is made), and Indonesia. — Carole Kotkin, miamiherald, "There's nothing vanilla about cooking with fragrant, homemade vanilla," 13 June 2018 Stalls selling shoes, handbags, toothpaste and half-price stereo systems are illuminated in the gloom, while the smell of soap mixed with cheap perfume fills the air. — The Economist, "Singapore’s Brutalist past could soon be gone," 31 May 2018 Her father was a perfume-company executive; her mother was a labor lawyer. — Matt Schudel, Washington Post, "Barbara Kafka, cookbook author who turned up the heat, dies at 84," 2 June 2018 Time slips away inside Hesperios, the all-white shop where racks of soft knitwear line the walls alongside Lena Willhammar ceramics and perfume oils straight from the Madini family in Tangier. — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appetit, "Hesperios Founder Autumn Hruby Just Opened a Cafe in Her Dreamy Manhattan Shop," 21 May 2018

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb

Although questions of racial and gender identity and politics perfume the air, the best photography in the show touches lightly, if at all, on these subjects. — Arthur Lubow, New York Times, "What’s New in Photography? Humanism, MoMA Says," 9 Mar. 2018 The scent of sage perfumed the air, and bursts of red foliage punctuated the gray-green grasslands. — Beth J. Harpaz, chicagotribune.com, "Badlands and history in Theodore Roosevelt National Park," 5 July 2018 That baby slips and slides up and down Brooklyn, perfuming the whole borough with its overwhelming BDE. — Amanda Arnold, The Cut, "Which New York Subway Lines Have Big Dick Energy?," 26 June 2018 The buttery crust here, made in a food processor, is mixed with fresh basil, which perfumes the pastry. — Jill Gibson, BostonGlobe.com, "Recipe: A buttery crust made with fresh basil holds goat cheese and sliced tomatoes," 11 June 2018 On this night, a little roasted red pepper ($3 each) came oozing velvety béchamel perfumed with minced jamon serrano (Spanish-style ham). — James Patrick Kelly, idahostatesman, "Downtown Boise’s Txikiteo bolsters the list of locally owned Basque eateries," 30 May 2018 At other times Fausett goes by the book: lobster bisque, luxuriously smooth if somewhat wanting for shellfish; crab dip, gooey, turmeric tinged, and similarly crustacean poor; oysters Rockefeller, perfumed with Pernod. — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, "Fisk & Co. flexes its mussels," 24 May 2018 Under a sunny blue Thursday sky, smells of grilling meat, frying doughnuts, fresh flowers and homemade candles perfumed the sidewalks in downtown La Grange. — Jesse Wright, chicagotribune.com, "Downtown markets offer farm produce and specialties in Western Springs and La Grange," 24 May 2018 Harpers Bazaar has reported that the Duke and Duchess themselves chose a variety of springtime floral scents to perfume the air of the beautiful St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle. — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, "The Perfume Brand Behind The Royal Wedding’s Signature Scent Was Just Named," 23 May 2018

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