perfumery

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   perfumes or fragrant preparations collectively

   The bundle smelled so foul that no one mistook it for perfumery.

2. 2
   noun

   the art, craft, or business of making perfume

   She studied perfumery before developing her first fragrance.

3. 3
   noun

   a place where perfume is made or sold

   The perfumery displayed rows of glass bottles in its front window.

From perfume + -ery. The suffix forms nouns for a class of goods, a craft or business, and the place where that activity occurs, accounting for perfumery's related senses.

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