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per fyoohm

  • n  a distinctive odor that is pleasant
  • n  a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
  • v  fill or impregnate with an odor
    orange blossoms perfumed the air in the garden
  • v  apply perfume to
    She perfumes herself every day

  • It was the first perfume to bear a designer's name.
  • At the New York City headquarters of International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF), master perfumers experiment with novel smell combinations in the largest fine fragrance perfumery .
  • A tour of the largest fine fragrance perfumery lab in the world.
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  • Reese Witherspoon in Times of India
    In developing 'In Bloom', I found myself drawn to the scents of my childhood in Tennessee. We had a great big magnolia tree in the backyard, and it's that beautiful white blossom that inspired the perfume,Reese said.
  • Mariah Carey in Forbes
    This is the first fragrance that I wear,Carey told The Associated Press in an interview Monday. "I'm not really a perfume person at all ...... Things that are too strong and overwhelming, that's what I was always not a fan of."
  • Jennifer Aniston in TV.com
    It's a nonperfume perfume. Sexy and clean. Floral, but not too flowery,Aniston told Women's Wear Daily. "I want people to go, 'What is that? You smell great!' But most of all I wanted it to smell natural."

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