perfumery

noun — 3 senses

perfumery

noun

/pəˈfjuːm(ə)ri/

Etymology From perfume + -ery.

1

A shop selling perfumes.

  • These perfumeries were also used as places of assignation and sexual rendezvous.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162:
2

A factory where perfume is made.

3

The manufacture of perfume.

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