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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 Willy Chavarria show was air-conditioned, pumped with Xinú perfume and felt expensive.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

The room smelled like perfume and hairspray, with the sour hint of body odor mixed with all-natural deodorant.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 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

Perfume bottles—empty many years—because well-bred families always gave the governess perfume for Christmas.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

There are sections devoted to almost everything: fresh fish brought in that morning from the Gulf, dates from southern Iran, imported electronics, perfumes, household goods, and traditional Bandari clothing.

From BBC Jul. 2, 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

Add “volatile organic compounds,” which come from cars, paints, industrial processing, perfumes, cleaning supplies — just open your cabinets and you’ll find some.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 26, 2026

But Doc had taken all of her rootwork possessions: her potions, her perfumes, and all of her jars and baskets.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce

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

This dish, colored with saffron and perfumed with warm spices, was inspired by a meal I recently enjoyed in Rafidi’s luxuriously updated restaurant, and shares his locavore approach.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 15, 2025

Cold, tannic and gently perfumed, it’s the only part of my routine that makes me feel like I truly have it together.

From Salon Jul. 8, 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

He waddled around like, a hippo standing on two feet, and the mixture of highly perfumed deodorant and fried grease was making me queasy.

From "The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora" by Pablo Cartaya

A loose-fingered sprinkle that collapsed into the pot like dried pine needles, instantly perfuming the steam.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2025

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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