How to use perfume in a sentence

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• A breeze came in through the open window and wafted her sensuous perfume into my eager nostrils.From the entry waft
• The perfumed pages of the letter contrasted with its doleful writing.From the entry perfumed
• When she comes in the door, splash her with perfume.From the entry splash
• Perfume is an emanation from a flower.From the entry emanation
• The flowers breathed a heady perfume.From the entry breathe
• The perfumes of plants like jasmine could only be extracted by enfleurage, as other methods of the time would denature the scents.From the entry enfleurage
• Two girls help me to my feet, hug me, skunking me with perfume.2024 May 16, Tim Booth, When I Died for the First Time, Hachette UK, →ISBN. From the entry skunk
• It was biscuity, but wasn’t perfumed with golden syrup or earthy with oats.2023 April 22, Yvonne C. Lam, “Supermarket Anzac biscuit taste test: from ‘beautiful’ to ‘an intense workout’”, in The Guardian, →ISSN…. From the entry biscuity
• What do guys think when they come to a party dipped in Axe perfumes?2014, Sneha Mehta, Siya Seth Decides to Die. From the entry bluh
• Other industry followed: aviation motors, Westinghouse electrical industry, Hewitt, a biscuitry, and an important perfume factory.2014, Paul Rabinow, French Modern: Norms and Forms of the Social Environment, →ISBN, page 339. From the entry biscuitry
• I'm useta meetin' mens in a nice way, all dressed up, silky dress, perfume, whiskey.2011, Sapphire, The Kid: A Novel, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry useta
• He was sporting his inky Italian moustaches glistering with Vaseline and perfume.2010, John P. Anderson, Joyce's Finnegans Wake: The Curse of Kabbalah, volume 4, page 82. From the entry puh
• Fraises du bois are alpine strawberries, tiny and tart with a strong perfume.2010, Mariana de Saint Phalle, Mariana’s Letters, Xlibris, →ISBN, page 151. From the entry fraise du bois
• The squat donut peaches smelled fake, like the sweet perfumed hair of a plastic doll.2009, Stephanie Klein, Moose: A Memoir, page 30. From the entry donut peach
• The air was spiced with chadon beni and wild thyme, his favourite perfume.2009, Monique Roffey, The White Woman on the Green Bicycle, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Books, published 2011, →ISBN. From the entry chadon beni
• The perfume and the "SWAK" inscription attracted a lot of attention, and a lot of teasing.2008, George Graham, Girlie, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry SWAK
• You'd think it might hold the scent of smoke, or an atticky perfume of mouse and moth-wing.2008, Melissa J Delbridge, Family Bible. From the entry atticky
• Charlie's inveterate clumsiness extends to indextrous misapplications of perfume, especially new ones whose atomizers she hasn't mastered.2008, Adam Davies, Mine All Mine. From the entry indextrous
• When it rains, it deciduates its tart perfume and breathes it through the house.2005, The Bulletin - Volumes 6494-6500, page 68. From the entry deciduate
• Longarm decided the base of her French perfume had to be jasmine.2000, Tabor Evans, Longarm 257: Longarm and the Nevada Bellydancer. From the entry stink pretty
• Million blossoms burst forth lifeful in their bright colours and perfumes.1995, Pritam Sen, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, God's love in Upanishad philosophies, page 181. From the entry lifeful
• Ricotta gnudi (ravioli filling without the pasta) are perfumed with marjoram.1994, The Wine Spectator, volume 19, page 66. From the entry gnudi
• Above us the avern brooded like a gonfalon; from it there drifted a myrrhic perfume.1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XXIV, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 217. From the entry myrrhic
• Its perfume is variously described as ‘divine’ and reminiscent of nuts.1962, Harper’s Bazaar, volume 95, page 204. From the entry honey
• Nedde: In Arab countries, a mixture of various perfumes, with benzoin and amber predominating, is so called.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 164. From the entry benzoin
• Another perfume was known as nicerotiana, named after its originator Nicerotas.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 180. From the entry originator
• "She fouled up the whole shirt with that perfume of hers.1947, Leslie Waller, Show Me the Way, page 50. From the entry pee-ew
• The verse exhales sweet sound, and light-like thought, as perfumes do; but we cannot explain just why.1930, John Thomas Ingram Bryan, The Philosophy of English Literature, page 27. From the entry undulating
• Vainly did he feelingly paint the perfumed love passages of the passionate pair.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry feelingly
• The need of the hour is perhaps perfumed or anti-odour masks, perhaps with floral scents for women and musk for men![2021 December 15, Dr. Shilpa Aroskar, “Mastering The Mask”, in UBUNTU - I AM BECAUSE WE ARE: Parables of the United Human Spirit…. From the entry airgasm
• Russian violet was the calling perfume in vogue in Banbridge.2019, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, The Debtor. From the entry Russian violet
• Accord is the perfumer's word for a perfume formulation that can be incorporated into any perfume calling for a particular note.2016, Valerie Ann Worwood, The Complete Book of Essential Oils and Aromatherapy […] , New World Library, →ISBN, page 450. From the entry accord
• Dill perfumes soap and occasionally goes into perfume.2016 April 27, Kathi Keville, The Aromatherapy Garden: Growing Fragrant Plants for Happiness and Well-Being, Timber Press, →ISBN, page 152. From the entry meetin' seed
• The ancient historian Horace remarked once that respectable women should not draw attention to themselves by using cosmetics, perfume, or hairpieces.2012, J. F. Ridgley, Vows of Revenge, →ISBN, page 498. From the entry domina
• The rosemary in the potato cake leapt off the plate—mashed potato-y inside and crisped on the outside, with an herbaceous perfume.2012 May–June, Debra Cornwell, “Lot 12 Public House”, in Around the Panhandle, Martinsburg, W.V.: Hornby Publishing LLC, archived from the…. From the entry mashed potato-y
• Rubbish and filth must be regularly and immediately removed and the rooms perfumed daily or ‘even more than once a day’.2010, Samuel K. Cohn, Jr., “Plague Psychology”, in Cultures of Plague: Medical Thinking at the End of the Renaissance, Oxford…. From the entry lazaretto
• These are her lipsticks and perfumes and flowerpetals and dresses.2010, Alison Lanier, Fortunate Age, page 209. From the entry flowerpetal

Meaning of perfume

1. noun A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.
2. noun A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.
3. verb To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

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Questions about perfume in a sentence

How do you use perfume in a sentence?

Perfume is used as a noun and verb. For example: “She bought a perfume at the airport.”

What is a short sentence with perfume?

“The flowers breathed a heady perfume.”

What does perfume mean?

Perfume means a pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor.