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eau de parfum en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌoʊ.də.pɑːrˈfʌm/ (US)
• /ˌəʊ.də.pɑːˈfʌm/ (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from French eau de parfum.

Meanings

1. (countable, qualifier:perfumery, uncountable) A solvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds.
   • The perfume market has always been a two-tiered one, with a relatively small number of buyers of small bottles of real perfume and eau de parfum that cost large amounts of money, and a larger number of buyers of somewhat larger bottles of cologne and eau de toilette that are considerably more affordable but not always cheap. 1987 October 14, Timothy Kalich, “Marketing: What's in a Smell?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023:

Forms

Coordinates

cologne · eau de Cologne

Synonyms

parfum de toilette

Translations (6)

cs parfémovaná voda (solvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds) · fi parfyymivesi (solvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds) · pl woda perfumowana (solvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds) · ru парфюме́рная вода́ (solvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds) · fi eau de parfum (solvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds) · fr eau de parfum (solvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds)