perfume

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Hollywood actress Halle Berry said at the New York unveiling of her new signature scent that the perfume is the result of two years of work.

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  1. noun A substance that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor, especially a volatile liquid distilled from flowers or prepared synthetically.
  2. noun A pleasing, agreeable scent or odor. See Synonyms at fragrance.
  3. transitive verb To fill or permeate with fragrance; impart a pleasant odor to.

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  • Here is what he said about it:When a perfume is a floral, it is simply assumed that it is pretty and rosy and girly.
  • "I want a small bottle of perfume, and six pistols or revolvers, one of them loaded with blanks What kind of perfume?" —  154 - The Screaming Man
  • "You liked it so much I made sure to wear it again Even your perfume is the same." —  F ;SF; - vol 104 issue 01 - January 2003
  • The word "perfume" comes from the Latin per fume, meaning "through smoke". —  Muti
  • The new perfume, which like the old perfume is all about "the place between love and madness" will finally be in stores in October. —  StyleList Fashion Blog
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fragrance ·  incense ·  sweetness ·  odour ·  spice ·  soap ·  wine ·  flavor ·  blossom ·  flower ·  essence ·  tobacco

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perfume:   perfumes
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  1. French parfum, from Old Italian parfumo, from parfumare, to fill with smoke : par-, intensive pref. (from Latin per-, per-) + fumare, to smoke (from Latin fūmāre, from fūmus, smoke).

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  1. from Old French perfumer, French parfumer = Spanish Portuguese perfumar = Italian profumare (for *perfumare), from Latin per, through, + fumare, smoke: see fume, v.
  2. from F. parfum = Spanish Portuguese perfume = Italian profumo perfume; from the verb.
 

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