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perfume

noun as in scent, often manufactured and packaged for personal use

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The second focuses on Dior’s perfumes and the third on the floral presence in his fashions.

The 20-year-old, from Tottenham, London, was part of a shoplifting gang and would clear shelves of cosmetics and perfumes while another member of her team acted as look-out, according to police.

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Her nose filled with the aroma of good tea and excellent cake and her mother’s lavender-scented perfume, mixed with the pleasant burning-wood smell from the fire that her father was tending even now.

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Lady Constance batted at her face with the puff until she all but disappeared in a perfumed fog.

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Featuring thousands of miniature bags, dresses, perfume bottles and more, the Colorama installation reminded me of being on Avenue Montaigne during fashion week.

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