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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Etymology
Origin of perfumery
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Friend and owner of Phoebe Peacock, a boutique gift shop and perfumery, Jennifer Hardaway, encouraged Cassaday and Jacob to reopen near her on Magnolia Avenue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
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
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
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
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
“You know those perfumeries or apothecaries that mix your specific scent?”
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2011
As he entered the porticos he heard hisses and shouting; the crowds were agitated, laughing and jeering; people rushed from the barber-shops and perfumeries.
From Sónnica by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez
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