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perfumery

perfumery

1 6.9
The art of making perfumes
  • noun
  • /pərˈfjuːməri/
: arte de la perfumería
  • She decided to pursue a career in perfumery after discovering her passion for crafting personalized fragrances.

Examples

  • I believe perfumery is an art.

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  • I wanted to offer a new way to look at perfumery.

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  • People know more and more about perfumery and are curious about the precise composition.

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  • I love how he takes his own training as an opera singer and compares it to the process of perfumery.

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  • Perfumery for me is not only the synthesis of the rational and intuitive mind but also a total engagement of the body.

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  • In traditional perfumery, raw ingredients like rose petals are transformed into beautiful fragrances.

  • The art of perfumery involves carefully blending scents to create unique and appealing perfumes.

Synonyms

aromatization
vsperfumery
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Adding a pleasant smell to something using oils or sprays

is the craft of creating concentrated scents for personal use

Surface Forms

perfumery singular
perfumieries plural

Morphology

perfumery = perfume (transparent) = perfume + ery

The abstract sense 'the art or process of making perfumes' is a standard meaning of '-ery' (compare 'cookery'), so the derivation from 'perfume' is predictable.

Etymology

The word perfumery is built on perfume, from Latin per- 'through' and fumum 'smoke', since early scents came from smoke. The ending -ery, like in cookery, names an art or craft, so perfumery means the art or process of making perfumes.