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had been perfuming

  • past perfect progressive
    of perfume.
    perfume
    noun
    a substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell, especially a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils.

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He found nothing there but a kohl pot half full of the black eye paint, a copper mirror, a razor and a little jar of the ointment Gebu had been perfuming himself with lately.

From "The Golden Goblet" by Eloise Jarvis McGraw