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
Etymology
Origin of perfumery
Example Sentences
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It also owns premium perfumery and cosmetics brands ICI Paris XL and The Perfume Shop.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
The duo soon started thinking about entering perfumery.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2025
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."
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
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