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It will perfume your room with a blend of passion fruit, sparkling tea and patchouli for about 50 days.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Choose a single variety with dark blue or purple blooms, and there’s a good chance it will perfume the evening air.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 5, 2017

Be sure that heavenly assistance will be given and that the breeze of the Divine Garden will perfume the nostrils of the inhabitants of the earth.

From Tablets of Abdul-Baha Abbas by `Abdu'l-Bahá

The scent of this flower is well known as most delicious; one plant will perfume a large room.

From Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon by Baker, Samuel White, Sir

A drop of this will perfume any thing, and in Cordials it is very good.

From A Queens Delight The Art of Preserving, Conserving and Candying. As also, A right Knowledge of making Perfumes, and Distilling the most Excellent Waters. by M., W.