Collocations for perfume - noun
1. liquid with a sweet smell that you put on your body
ADJ.
expensive | cheap | strong | subtle | fragrant, sweet | exotic | musky | stale
QUANT.
bottle
VERB + PERFUME
use, wear | dab on, put on, spray on
She dabbed some perfume on her wrists.
She dabbed some perfume on her wrists.
smell | reek of, smell of
She reeked of cheap perfume.
She reeked of cheap perfume.
PERFUME + NOUN
bottle | company, house
PHRASES
a waft/whiff of perfume
He caught a faint whiff of her expensive French perfume.
He caught a faint whiff of her expensive French perfume.
2. pleasant smell
ADJ.
sweet | heady, strong | delicate, faint | exotic, strange
VERB + PERFUME
smell | give off, release
The lilies release their heady perfume in the evening.
The lilies release their heady perfume in the evening.
PERFUME + VERB
fill sth
The perfume of the roses filled the room.
The perfume of the roses filled the room.