noun
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a place where perfumes are sold
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a factory where perfumes are made
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the process of making perfumes
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perfumes in general
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of perfumery
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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
The duo soon started thinking about entering perfumery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2025
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
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
Visiting perfumeries is evidently "the thing to do" in Grasse.
From Riviera Towns by Gibbons, Herbert Adams
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