perfume

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To scent; render odorous or fragrant: as, to perfume an apartment; to perfume a garment.
2. n. A substance that emits a scent or odor which affects the organs of smell agreeably. Six flowers form the base of most flower-perfumes in use: orange-flower, rose, jasmine, violet, acacia, and tuberose. Vanilla dashed with almonds is used to simulate heliotrope. Besides these are used the geranium, lavender, rosemary, thyme, and other aromatic herbs, peel of bitter oranges, citrons, bergamots, musk, sandalwood, ambergris, and gum benjamin, the leaves of the patchouli, wintergreen and others. Many perfumes are now prepared by chemical methods, instead of by distillation, maceration, tincturation, or enfleurage, from vegetable products.
3. n. The scent, odor, or volatile particles emitted from odorous substances, especially those that are sweet-smelling.
4. n. Synonyms Fragrance, Aroma, etc. (see smell, n.), balminess, redolence, incense.
5. Literally, to impregnate with the fumes or smoke of some burning object; fumigate, as with a disinfectant.

Wiktionary

1. n. A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma.
2. n. A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
3. v. transitive To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.
2. n. The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma.
3. n. A substance that emits an agreeable odor.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. fill or impregnate with an odor
2. v. apply perfume to
3. n. a distinctive odor that is pleasant
4. n. a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor