(n): a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor
(n): store where perfumes are sold
(n): a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
(n): an establishment where perfumes are made
(n): a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence
(n): the art of making perfumes
(n): the creation of beautiful or significant things
I depended on my purchase of perfumery for overcoming the effluvia of the day's drudgery, and put on a clean shirt highly scented.
- Lesage, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, tr. Smollett, bk 4 ch. 1