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noun liquid with a sweet smell that you put on your body ADJ. expensive | cheap | strong | subtle | fragrant, sweet | exotic | musky | stale QUANT. bottle VERB + PERFUME use, wear | dab on, put on, spray on She dabbed some perfume on her wrists. | smell | reek of, smell of She reeked of cheap perfume. PERFUME + NOUN bottle | company, house PHRASES a waft/whiff of perfume He caught a faint whiff of her expensive French perfume. pleasant smell ADJ. sweet | heady, strong | delicate, faint | exotic, strange VERB + PERFUME smell | give off, release The lilies release their heady perfume in the evening. PERFUME + VERB fill sth The perfume of the roses filled the room.
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perfume
verbs
wear perfume
• What's that perfume you are wearing?
dab perfume on something
(= quickly put perfume on )
• She dabbed some perfume on her throat.
spray yourself with perfume
• Jody sprayed herself with some of her mother’s perfume.
reek of perfume
(= smell strongly of perfume )
• It seemed to Polly that Sasha always left the bathroom reeking of horrible perfume.
smell of perfume
• Her coat smelt of cheap perfume and cigarettes.
adjectives
strong
• I don't like wearing very strong perfume.
heavy
(= strong )
• She smelled of a heavy perfume he associated with his mother.
exotic
(= unusual and interesting because it seems foreign )
• The dancer left a waft of exotic perfume in the air.
cheap/expensive
• He bought her a bottle of expensive French perfume.
phrases
a bottle/jar of perfume
• He gave me a bottle of my favourite perfume.
the smell/scent of perfume
• The smell of perfume filled the air.
a whiff/hint of perfume
(= a very slight smell of perfume )
• As she lifted the letter, she caught the faintest hint of perfume.
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adjectives
sweet
• She breathed in the sweet perfume of the roses.
heady
(= strong and sweet )
• In early summer, lilacs finally open and release their heady perfume.
faint
• the faint perfume of a spring woodland
delicate
• The flowers have a delicate perfume similar to cowslips.
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