perfumery

[per-fyoo-muh-ree]

noun

plural

perfumeries 

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

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of perfumery¹

1790–1800; perfumer + -y ³; -ery

Example Sentences

He compared the odor of DMS to “fish that stayed too long in the sun,” adding, quite understandably, that “we usually avoid” such associations “when we recreate the smell of the sea in perfumery.”

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The duo soon started thinking about entering perfumery.

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He compared the odor of DMS to "fish that stayed too long in the sun," adding, quite understandably, that "we usually avoid" such associations "when we recreate the smell of the sea in perfumery."

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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.”

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“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.

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