Scented with or having a pleasant fragrance applied to something.
From Old French 'perfum,' from 'par-' (through) and 'fum' (smoke). Perfume originally meant smoke or vapor from burning incense, and the meaning evolved to include any pleasant scent.
Perfume literally means 'through smoke' because ancient Egyptians and Romans burned incense and thought the fragrant smoke connected them to the gods. The scent-as-divine idea stuck around for thousands of years!
Perfume was historically gendered feminine and associated with seduction, luxury, and superficiality in patriarchal discourse; masculine toiletries were reframed as 'cologne' or 'aftershave' to avoid feminization.
Use descriptively without gendered assumptions; acknowledge that fragrance use spans all genders and cultures.
["scented","fragranced"]
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