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perfumery

American  
[per-fyoo-muh-ree] / pərˈfju mə ri /

noun

  • perfumeries
    plural
  1. perfumes collectively.

  2. a perfume.

  3. the art or business of a perfumer.

  4. the place of business of a perfumer.

  5. the preparation of perfumes.


perfumery British  
/ pəˈfjuːmərɪ /

noun

  1. a place where perfumes are sold

  2. a factory where perfumes are made

  3. the process of making perfumes

  4. perfumes in general

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Etymology

Origin of perfumery

1790–1800; perfumer + -y 3; see -ery


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In my quest to prove that quintessentially Parisian experiences can be had without exorbitant fees, I went in search of affordable perfumery workshops.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

As the perfumer Laudamiel told Salon, DMS is “often used in perfumery, but not for its low-tide, rotten egg facet.”

From Salon ● May 31, 2025

He’s been wearing ouds as part of his creative process when making the EP, one of the most expensive — and divisive — notes in perfumery known as “wood of the gods.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2024

Yet what is perhaps most remarkable about the collection is that the company founded in 1828 that invented modern perfumery hadn’t assembled it before.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 9, 2023

“Welcome to the best perfumery in all of Paris. It is full of distillations, aromatics, concoctions, and one-of-a-kind perfumes,” she said in French.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

Ibrahim led me through street after street abounding with Syrian sweet shops, supermarkets, perfumeries and restaurants.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2022

Called EssOilDB, this database is today scoured by groups from drug developers to perfumeries looking for leads.

From Nature ● Jul. 16, 2019

I had chosen Galimard, the oldest perfumery in Grasse and certainly one of the oldest perfumeries in the world.

From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2017

EB: I was thinking of chic old-world perfumeries, places where you can sit and have a glass of rosé.

From Architectural Digest ● Aug. 19, 2015

The springtime odor filters through the window joints, exhaled from the neighboring factories, from the perfumeries of Pinaud and Saint James.

From Against the Grain by J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans

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