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perfume

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


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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

In March, Estee Lauder said it was in talks to acquire Spanish beauty group Puig, which sells perfume, fashion, makeup and skin-care products from brands including Carolina Herrera, Charlotte Tilbury, Byredo and Dr. Barbara Sturm.

From The Wall Street Journal May 21, 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

Some kids said they smelled something on the bus, but who doesn’t?—egg sandwiches, poison ivy medicine, Alice Wendleken’s Little Princess perfume.

From "The Best School Year Ever" by Barbara Robinson

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

That sounds healthy, but investors were spooked by low demand for Hermès’ clothing, watches and perfumes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 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

The expertise at distillation that medieval Islamic alchemists developed to produce alcohols and perfumes also let them distill petroleum into fractions, some of which proved to be even more powerful incendiaries.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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

John Lavelle exudes a perfumed whiff of modern camp in his portrayal of Orsini-Rosenberg, the fussy, backstabbing director of the Imperial Opera.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 18, 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

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

She stood in the door of Jean Louise’s room enarmored, hatted, gloved, perfumed, and ready.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee

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

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

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 13, 2023

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

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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