n. & v.
n. 1 a sweet smell. 2 fluid containing the essence of flowers etc.; scent.
v.tr. also (usu. as perfumed adj.) impart a sweet scent to; impregnate with a sweet smell. perfumy adj.
[ F parfum, parfumer f. obs. It. parfumare, perfumare (as PER-, fumare smoke, FUME): orig. of smoke from a burning substance ]