perfumer

[per-fyoo-mer, pur-fyoo-]

noun

1. a person or thing that perfumes.

2. a maker or seller of perfumes.

perfumer

/ pəˈfjuːmə, pəˈfjuːmjeɪ /

noun

1. a person who makes or sells perfume

Word History and Origins

Origin of perfumer¹

First recorded in 1565–75; perfume + -er ¹

Example Sentences

He sent back early versions he got from perfumers because they were missing the warmth and needed more cinnamon.

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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.”

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For each fragrance, one of them takes “point” — for instance, on Garden Heaux, Lawrence acted as the perfumer and Lin as the fragrance evaluator, deciding whether the scent needed tweaking.

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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."

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Presumably reading the word isoamyl acetate would not trigger the smell of a banana though — except perhaps in biochemists, science nerds or perfumers for whom it’s become part of their internal concept of the fruit.

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