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perfumery|pəˈfjuːmərɪ|
[f. perfumer1: see -ery. In mod.F. parfumerie (in Littré).]
a. The preparation of perfumes; the business of a perfumer.
b. Preparations used in perfuming; perfumes as a class of substances.
c. A perfumer's place of business.
1800tr. Lagrange's Chem. II. 387 Fourcroy is of opinion that it might be employed in perfumery. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. v, Compromises between medicine and perfumery, in the shape of toothsome lozenges and virgin honey. 1860Emerson Cond. Life, Consid. Wks. (Bohn) II. 413 The service of a perfumery or a laundry. 1865Public Opinion 7 Jan. 19 Perfume, as its name imports, was..originally incense, the earliest use of perfumery having been to offer sweet odours to the gods. 1893F. G. Kenyon Hyperides Introd. 16 Midas was employed by Athenogenes as manager of a perfumery.
attrib.1841Elphinstone Hist. Ind. II. ix. iii. 341 Every department, from the Mint and the Treasury down to the fruit, perfumery, and flower offices. |