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
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of perfumery
Example Sentences
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Post-pandemic, she began frequenting L.A. shops Scent Room, Scent Bar, Le Pink & Co and Beverly Hills Perfumery, befriending sales associates and “nerding out together.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2025
Perfumery chain Douglas and long-distance bus operator Flix are considering IPOs in Germany next year.
From Reuters • Oct. 6, 2023
Pulse of Perfumery is just around the corner on Princess Street.
From BBC • Jul. 13, 2019
Grasse is also home to the prestigious Grasse Institute of Perfumery, which offers a number of levels of perfume-making instruction, including a nine-month immersion experience that accepts only 12 students a year.
From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2017
It is the perfumes containing musk, Piesse states in his well-known book on the Art of Perfumery, which sell best.
From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 4 Sexual Selection In Man by Ellis, Havelock
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