Dictionary

perfumer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈpəːfjʊmə/ (UK)
• (US) audio
• /pəˈfjuːmə/ (UK)

Etymology

From perfume (noun and verb) + -er, perhaps modelled on Middle French parfumeur.

Meanings

1. A person who makes or sells perfume.
   • Affairs went on thus until the latter had attained her twenty-second year, when her great beauty attracted the notice of a perfumer, who occupied one of the shops in the basement of the Palais Royal, and whose custom lay chiefly among the desperate adventurers infesting that neighborhood. 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:
2. One who perfumes something.

Forms

Deriveds

perfumeress

Relateds

perfumery

Synonyms

perfumier · parfumier · scentmaker

Translations (35)

fi parfymööri (person who makes or sells perfume) · fr parfumeur (person who makes or sells perfume) · fr parfumeuse (person who makes or sells perfume) · ko 조향사 (person who makes or sells perfume) · ro parfumieră (person who makes or sells perfume) · fa عطرساز (person who makes or sells perfume) · fi hajuvesimyyjä (person who makes or sells perfume) · gu સરૈયો (person who makes or sells perfume) · gl perfumeiro (person who makes or sells perfume) · fa عطار (person who makes or sells perfume) · ca perfumer (person who makes or sells perfume) · it profumiere (person who makes or sells perfume) · cmn 香水製造商 /香水制造商 (person who makes or sells perfume) · ar عَطَّارَة (person who makes or sells perfume) · fa بوفروش (person who makes or sells perfume) · ga ungadóir (person who makes or sells perfume) · uga 𐎗𐎖𐎈 (person who makes or sells perfume) · gl perfumista (person who makes or sells perfume) · ru парфюме́р (person who makes or sells perfume) · tr parfümcü (person who makes or sells perfume) · grc μυρεψός (person who makes or sells perfume) · ro parfumier (person who makes or sells perfume) · ja パフューマー (person who makes or sells perfume) · ota عطرجی (person who makes or sells perfume) · cmn 售香水者 (person who makes or sells perfume) · fa عطرفروش (person who makes or sells perfume) · la unguentārius (person who makes or sells perfume) · es perfumista (person who makes or sells perfume) · fi parfymisti (person who makes or sells perfume) · gmy 𐀀𐀩𐀞𐀿𐀃 (person who makes or sells perfume) · ar عَطَّار (person who makes or sells perfume) · ota عطار (person who makes or sells perfume) · pt perfumista (person who makes or sells perfume) · ja 調香師 (person who makes or sells perfume) · de Parfümeur (person who makes or sells perfume)