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Synonyms for perfume

  • noun
  • verb

Most common

scent fragrance incense parfum musk aroma myrrh perfumery

All synonyms

Noun

1. Fragrance — A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor

fragrance, scent, parfum, incense, redolence, fragrancy, balminess, bouquet, savor US, savour UK, odor dated US, odour UK

Other

aroma, perfumery, musk, essence, myrrh, civet, attar

Verb

aromatize, aromatise UK, embalm

Antonyms

stench

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Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.

    She bought a perfume at the airport.

  2. v. 1

    To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

Related words

Word family
perfumelike perfumery perfumey perfumed perfumer

Forms

Plural
perfumes → fragrances, scents, parfums, incenses…
Past participle
perfumed
e.g. perfumed → aromatized, embalmed…

Example sentences

  • scent It seems like the cat caught the scent of a mouse.
  • fragrance John thought Mary knew Tom was a fragrance chemist.
  • incense She likes to burn incense while practising yoga.
  • musk It turns out Elon Musk is just another rich idiot.
  • aroma The aroma of the wine was intoxicating to Adriano.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
perfumerising
scentrising
fragrancerising
incenserising
parfumrising
muskrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
odor2, musk1
5 letters
scent1, aroma3, savor2, odour2, myrrh1, attar2, civet2
6 letters
savour, parfum, embalm2
7 letters
essence2, bouquet2, incense2
9 letters
fragrance2, perfumery, redolence, fragrancy, balminess, aromatize, aromatise

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (odor2 = 2 syllables).