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perfumery [per-fyoo-muh-ree] ExamplesWord Origin noun, plural per·fum·er·ies.
- perfumes collectively.
- a perfume.
- the art or business of a perfumer.
- the place of business of a perfumer.
- the preparation of perfumes.
Origin of perfumery 1790–1800; perfumer + -y3; see -ery Examples from the Web for perfumery Contemporary Examples of perfumery
It has, hands down, the most impressive collection of skin-care and perfumery in the world.
How to Get the VIP Treatment in Moscow
Jolie Hunt
February 27, 2010
Historical Examples of perfumery
She’ll probably have some perfumery sent from there—to-morrow, I think.
Edmond and Jules de Goncourt
“It is not the kind of perfumery women-folks like to smell,” he added, teasingly.
C. A. Stephens
We’ve got up a new and superior kind of perfumery, which we sell by agents.
Horatio Alger
She intended to peddle with laces and curtains and perfumery.
Konrad Bercovici
Having an agreeable odour, it is sometimes used in perfumery.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines
Andrew Ure
British Dictionary definitions for perfumery perfumery noun plural -eries
- a place where perfumes are sold
- a factory where perfumes are made
- the process of making perfumes
- perfumes in general