PERFUME


Meaning of PERFUME in English

noun

1 liquid with a sweet smell that you put on your body

ADJECTIVE

▪ expensive

▪ cheap

▪ strong

▪ subtle

▪ sweet

… OF PERFUME

▪ bottle

VERB + PERFUME

▪ use , wear

▪ spray

She sprayed some ~ on her wrist.

The letter had been sprayed with ~.

▪ smell

PERFUME + NOUN

▪ bottle

▪ oil

▪ counter

She works on the ~ counter.

▪ company , industry

PHRASES

▪ a waft of ~ , a whiff of ~

He caught a faint whiff of her expensive ~.

2 pleasant smell

ADJECTIVE

▪ sweet

▪ heady , strong

VERB + PERFUME

▪ smell

You could smell the ~ of the lilies.

PERFUME + VERB

▪ fill sth

The ~ of the roses filled the room.

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .