• (RP) IPA: /ˈpɜːfjuːm/
• (America) pûr'fyo͞om", IPA: /ˈpɝfjuːm/ or enPR: pər-fyoo͞m', IPA: /pɚˈfjuːm/
• (General American):

• (noun) IPA: /ˈpɚfjuːm/

• (verb) IPA: /pɚˈfjuːm/

perfume

1. A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor
   • 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter V, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326 ↗:

     Breezes blowing from beds of iris quickened her breath with their perfume; she saw the tufted lilacs sway in the wind, and the streamers of mauve-tinted wistaria swinging, all a-glisten with golden bees; she saw a crimson cardinal winging through the foliage, and amorous tanagers flashing like scarlet flames athwart the pines.

2. A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.

• (pleasant smell) aroma, fragrance, scent
• (substance providing a pleasant smell) fragrance, scent

• French: parfum, fragrance
• German: Duft
• Italian: profumo
• Portuguese: fragrância, perfume, cheiro
• Russian: благоуха́ние
• Spanish: aroma

• French: parfum
• German: Parfüm, Duftstoff, Parfum
• Italian: profumo
• Portuguese: perfume
• Russian: духи́
• Spanish: perfume

perfume (perfumes, present participle perfuming; past and past participle perfumed)

1. (transitive) To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

• French: parfumer
• German: parfümieren
• Italian: profumare
• Portuguese: perfumar
• Russian: души́ть
• Spanish: perfumar

• perfumed
• perfumery