perfume

Definition

  • noun: a liquid substance that you put on your body in small amounts in order to smell pleasant
  • noun: the scent of something sweet-smelling
  • verb: to fill or cover (something) with a pleasant smell
  • verb: to fill or imbue with an odor
  • synonyms: scent, fragrance, aroma

Examples

  • The meal included a delicate fish 'perfumed' with butter and herbs.

  • The 'perfume' [='fragrance, scent'] of lilies filled the room.

  • a time when it was common for men to 'perfume' their hair

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) - No, not I. I never gave you aught My honoured lord, you know right well you did And with them words of so sweet breath composed as made the things more rich Their perfume left, take these again For to the noble mind rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind There my lord - Are you honest? (..)
    2015 Hamlet