perfume

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

Before perfume, there was incense—in fact, the origin of the word perfume is per fumum, a Latin term meaning “through smoke.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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

A punchy musk, stronger than the perfume in the magazines.

From "Look Both Ways" by Jason Reynolds

The Aztecs had an unexpected passion for flowers, I learned, doused themselves in perfumes, wrote epic poetry and painted colorful frescos.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

The devil only occasionally played a part in ads for fashion products, such as perfumes, makeup and handkerchiefs.

From Salon ● May 17, 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

"We learned together! You know the fashion industry makes more from perfumes than it does from clothes? I figured it would be a good fallback skill. Here."

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

Military-grade mosquito spray, with its odor of kerosene and bad cheese, perfumed the air.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

But when we spoke about his second solo album, “Acomodo,” the Nayarit-born, Sinaloa-raised singer, whose real name is Jesús Roberto Laija García, arrived polished, perfumed and poised.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026

Maybe it’s perfumed with orange zest and cinnamon.

From Salon ● Jun. 18, 2026

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

But Mami left our house every morning, primped and perfumed, for a job in a factory in Toa Baja.

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago

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

It’s not just about lighting a stick and perfuming your home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2022

They began to crawl along the gritty, unsavory New York City sidewalk, led by a marshal perfuming the air and sweeping the ground before them — and serenaded by a trumpeter playing melancholic riffs.

From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2019

But today, without floral shampoo and conditioner perfuming the air, I realized the cavernous room smelled like sawdust.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken