perfumy
Example Sentences
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This is a larger-than-average lemon, with thick, bumpy peels and a perfumy aroma.
From Salon • Feb. 13, 2023
The Sukang Maasim bottle is white sugarcane and perfumy, a bit more acidic than rice vinegar.
From Salon • May 18, 2022
In “Phantom,” Mr. Prince was credited with emphasizing the title character’s sensuality and intelligence instead of slushy melodrama, as well as giving the show what he called a “mysterious, perfumy atmosphere.”
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2019
Small enough to fit in the back pocket of a pair of jeans, it has that slightly perfumy old-paper smell which prepares me for nostalgia.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2018
And everywhere the sleepy smell of rotting wood, damp earth and dusty hollyhocks thick and perfumy like the blue-blond hair of the dead.
From "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros
