perfumery

English

Etymology

From perfume +‎ -ery.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈfjuːm(ə)ri/
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Noun

perfumery (countable and uncountable, plural perfumeries)

  1. (countable) A shop selling perfumes.
    Synonym: parfumerie
    • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162:
      These perfumeries were also used as places of assignation and sexual rendezvous.
  2. (countable) A factory where perfume is made.
  3. (uncountable) The manufacture of perfume.

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