I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
heavy scent/perfume etc
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the heavy scent of the lilies
scented/perfumed soap
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His hands smelled of perfumed soap.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
expensive
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Fans send her presents of teddy bears and expensive perfume .
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A final spray of expensive perfume and she was leaving the room.
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On another occasion a client rang in to say that he had left an extremely expensive bottle of perfume on the plane.
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It was also the most expensive and sought-after perfume in the whole of the ancient world.
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For instance, a manufacturer of an exclusive and expensive perfume would not distribute through supermarkets or advertise during peak time television viewing.
heavy
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I found it folded in a corner, still heavy with the perfume of the Sheikha who had given it to me.
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The air was heavy with perfume and the little gold chairs were jammed tightly together in an attempt to seat everyone.
new
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A more tactful idea would be a new Body Shop perfume .
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So for most of that period, the new perfume project was on the back burner.
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This week, she's campaigning for privacy whilst giving interviews to promote her new perfume .
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Superdrug will now refit many high street shops with a new perfume counter.
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She was dressed in angora and chunky cords; new perfume .
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Zinnia is one of the most enchanting new perfumes to surface for some time.
sweet
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Meredith stooped and kissed a faded cheek and smelled the sweet perfume of rose pot-pourri.
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Huy could smell the sweet perfume of the oil he used on his hair and face.
■ NOUN
bottle
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Argenta silvered crystal bowl; perfume bottle .
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Last Friday Carson had given her the blue perfume bottle .
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The packaging on these perfume bottles is almost impossible to tell apart.
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In front of me are antique perfume bottles and pictures of my children in small, silver frames.
■ VERB
smell
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They could smell her dry perfume from yards away.
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But he was still so close that he could smell the perfume of patchouli on the corpse's moustache.
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It smelled of perfume and breath and there were horrible little bells.
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One also wonders whether it is wise to smoke or to smell of perfume when handling horses.
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She had repressed the urge to reach over and touch her-this woman who smelled deliciously of perfume and powder.
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I keep on thinking that I can even smell her perfume .
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Toni smelled her perfume like roses on a fresh morning.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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She always wears too much perfume .
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the rose's heady perfume
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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An overpowering smell of Freesia perfume hung around her like a cloud.
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Not only does the technique have potential in the perfume industry, but it may provide clues about how we perceive smells.
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She stood with Paul for a while enjoying the invisible reality of perfume .
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The perfume of the rose means nothing unless man can appreciate its scent.
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The remembered odor of perfume and powder of woman came back, haunting her, filling her.
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There are plenty of fragrant roses available, too numerous to mention individually and including many old varieties with ravishing perfumes.
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Was this the perfume that an inquisitive cleaner had detected on Rodney Shergold's jacket?
II. verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The sweet scent of sagebrush perfumed the air.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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He told the barber he wanted to be perfumed and powdered.
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Reed had the sewer walls perfumed and used a stand-in when possible.
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The room was warm and perfumed.