Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Yielding perfume; perfuming.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Emitting perfume; perfuming.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, relating to, or emitting
perfume .
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Examples
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a large perfumatory, we have come to the conclusion that it cannot be so applied, simply because when the essence of pine-apple is smelled at, the vapor produces an involuntary action of the larynx, producing cough, when exceedingly dilute.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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"drawn," it must be understood to be done so by steam apparatus, as this is the only mode which can be adopted for obtaining anything like a delicate odor; the old plan of having the fire immediately under the still, conveying an empyreumatic or burnt smell to the result, has become obsolete in every well-regulated perfumatory.
The Art of Perfumery And Methods of Obtaining the Odors of Plants George William Septimus Piesse 1851
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