noun
Etymology
Origin of perfumer
Example Sentences
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Joining that group this month is the luxury perfumer Le Labo, which is releasing incense in three of its popular home scents: Santal 26, Encens 9 and Ambroxyde 17.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 2026
A master perfumer compares the odor of DMS to "fish that stayed too long in the sun," adding that "we usually avoid" such associations "when we recreate the smell of the sea in perfumery."
From Salon ● May 31, 2025
Esa-Pekka Salonen and the San Francisco Symphony add color and, courtesy of a perfumer at Cartier, scent to Scriabin’s ‘Prometheus.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
Mathilde Laurent, Cartier’s longtime perfumer, who had designed the scents, double-checked notes on her iPad.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2024
Then at the glowing rooms of the perfumer Claude Levitte.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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