How to Use perfume in a Sentence

perfume

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  • She smelled the different perfumes at the store.
  • The air smells like perfume and soap.
    — Blair Braverman, Outside, 22 Dec. 2025
  • Here, tips for how to wear perfume.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 June 2026
  • What is pheromone perfume and what is in it?
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • One friend's home smells like her perfume.
    — Melissa Epifano, The Spruce, 7 Feb. 2026
  • She’s lost in a fog of perfume and pot smoke.
    — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 19 June 2026
  • Its perfume—hot, hot vinyl—sharp in our noses.
    — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • Check out more of the best perfumes to gift this this year here.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
  • Heavy rains add to Haiti’s perfume.
    — Ruth Jean-Marie, Time, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Which Chanel perfumes are best?
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
  • But my favorite of all is my menagerie of perfumes.
    — Ali Faccenda, InStyle, 5 Jan. 2026
  • What does honey scent smell like in a perfume?
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 12 June 2026
  • Her chest was soft and smelled like jasmine perfume.
    — Jesmyn Ward, Vanity Fair, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The twelve-year-old buying perfume oil at a surf shop.
    — Literary Hub, 7 May 2026
  • Their first perfume came out three years later.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Byredo perfumes sold at half the price?
    — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Why do people think pheromone perfume works?
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • Once the perfume settles down, notes of musk and salt linger on the skin.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 16 Apr. 2026
  • No perfume was too sweet for 2025.
    — Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
  • My first job was in a small perfume shop on Canal Street.
    — Sudhir Gupta, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Most of us know that the best perfumes pack the most punch with the least amount of product.
    — Josie Howell | [email protected], al, 21 Mar. 2023
  • What does cozy perfume smell like in 2026?
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Charlotte Observer, 12 June 2026
  • Mix in the perfume of cooked meat and music blared at club volume.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • Is there a polite way to tell her that her perfume is too strong and ask her to tone it down?
    — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
  • My first glimpse into the beauty world was through perfume.
    — Melony Forcier, InStyle, 10 Feb. 2026
  • And that's not even the most expensive perfume in this roundup.
    — Jamie Wilson, harpersbazaar.com, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Is pheromone perfume worth buying?
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2026
  • The fruit and its peel can be used to add flavor to drinks or aromas to perfumes.
    — Kirstyn Hill, Health, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The fruit and its peel can be used to add flavor to drinks or aromas to perfumes.
    — Kirstyn Hill, Health, 20 Oct. 2025
  • No perfume or makeup helps a 2-6 record look great.
    — Miami Herald, 26 Oct. 2025

perfume

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  • The meal included a delicate fish perfumed with butter and herbs.
  • Two heaping cups of basil, which will wilt and perfume the whole pot.
    — Aliza Abarbanel, Bon Appétit, 30 July 2019
  • The air is perfumed with orange essence.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The finish is long and perfumed, with oak and a touch of tea tree oil.
    — Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Thousands of fresh flowers perfume the hall with a rosy scent.
    — Staff Author, Travel + Leisure, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The city was polished and perfumed, while our life outside it was raw and smelled of iron.
    — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The smell of these muffins baking will perfume your whole kitchen and draw all the children near.
    — Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 3 July 2023
  • While both serve the usual and are perfumed at most hours by kif smoke, do not confuse the two names.
    — Graham H. Cornwell, Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2023
  • At once crispy and yielding and chewy, it was shot through with toasty walnuts and perfumed with anise seeds.
    — Amiel Stanek, Bon Appétit, 13 June 2019
  • To Curaçao, where the air was perfumed with dama di anochi blossoms and the night was navy blue.
    — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • The thyme perfumes the broth, and a little butter and Parmesan rounds out the lean corn.
    — Ben Mims, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2023
  • Each bite is perfumed with heady cinnamon, floral vanilla, and earthy ras el hanout.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2026
  • As their garden scissors snip, a bright citrus aroma perfumes the air.
    — Brittany Anas, The Know, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The buttery crust here, made in a food processor, is mixed with fresh basil, which perfumes the pastry.
    — Jill Gibson, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2018
  • This sweet-spicy chutney, perfumed with ginger, cloves and pepper, is anything but.
    — Debbie Arrington, sacbee, 13 June 2017
  • The cake layers are perfumed with a subtle hint of lemon, and the frosting is light and fluffy with more intense lemon notes.
    — Pam Lolley, Southern Living, 30 Mar. 2024
  • The excitement in the air is palpable, but so is the fresh cilantro and nước mắm fish sauce that still perfume these streets.
    — Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Nov. 2025
  • The banana leaf protects the fish while allowing the cedar and oak smoke to gently perfume the salmon.
    — Staff, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • This liquid gold adds richness to your recipes like no other and perfumes your recipes with a hint of smokiness.
    — Saveur Editors, Saveur, 2 May 2017
  • The scent of sage perfumed the air, and bursts of red foliage punctuated the gray-green grasslands.
    — Beth J. Harpaz, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2018
  • Seagulls cried, and jasmine and lavender bloomed, perfuming the air.
    — Lizzie Johnson, SFChronicle.com, 11 Apr. 2020
  • While candles wield the power to make a space much cozier by perfuming the air, not all of them are built the same.
    — Leena Kim, townandcountrymag.com, 1 June 2023
  • The Golden Flight package picks you up in a plane perfumed with calming sweet basil oil.
    — Nicola Chilton, Robb Report, 2 Apr. 2023
  • The aromatic broth was deeply soothing, perfumed with a balanced array of spices.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 27 Nov. 2025
  • The hours of gentle simmering release aromas that perfume the whole home.
    — Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 21 Sep. 2025
  • Whether dried or fresh, fenugreek will add its signature sweet-bitter scent to the dish — and perfume your whole home as the rice cooks.
    — G. Daniela Galarza, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The night blooming jasmine will perfume the patio and penetrate the house.
    — Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 12 July 2019
  • Flowers, piles of chocolate and open bottles of red wine perfumed the air; guests helped themselves to the red wine but shied from the food.
    — Tony Bravo, San Francisco Chronicle, 9 Feb. 2018
  • Fragrant white tubular blooms add to this plant's charm, perfuming the garden in summer through fall.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 19 Feb. 2026
  • It’s fortified with a splash of orange liqueur that faintly perfumes the custard.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2025

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