Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having a pleasant, sweet smell: Describes something that naturally emits or is filled with a fragrant aroma.
   • Impregnated or treated with perfume: Describes something that has been made to smell pleasant by the addition of a scented substance.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The perfumed air of the garden was delightful.
  • She opened the box of perfumed stationery.
  • The lotion is lightly perfumed with lavender.

Advanced Usage

• "Perfumed with": Used to specify the source or type of fragrance.
  • The candle was perfumed with sandalwood and vanilla.
• Figurative Use: Can describe language or writing that is excessively ornate or sweet.
  • He dismissed the poet's work as mere perfumed verse.

Variants and Related Words

• Perfume (n/v): The fragrant substance itself (n); to apply such a substance (v).
  • She loves the perfume of jasmine. (n)
  • She perfumed her hair with rose water. (v)
• Perfumery (n): The art or business of making perfume; a place where perfume is made or sold.
• Perfumer (n): A person who makes or sells perfume.

Synonyms

• Scented: Having a pleasant smell, often because something has been added.
• Fragrant: Having a pleasant, sweet smell.
• Aromatic: Having a strong, pleasant smell.
• Odorous: Having a smell (can be neutral, but often pleasant in context).

Antonyms

• Malodorous: Having an unpleasant smell.
• Stinking: Having a strong, unpleasant smell.
• Odorless: Having no smell at all.

Related Phrases

• Perfumed oil: Oil that has been infused with fragrance.
• Perfumed powder: A scented talcum or cosmetic powder.

Adjective

1. having a natural fragrance
   • odoriferous spices
   • the odorous air of the orchard
   • the perfumed air of June
   • scented flowers
2. filled or impregnated with perfume
   • perfumed boudoir
   • perfumed stationery
   • scented soap