<p><strong>Perfume</strong>&nbsp;(<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><small><a title="British English" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English">UK</a>:&nbsp;</small><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a title="Help:IPA/English" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/<span title="/?/: primary stress follows">?</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/??r/: 'ur' in 'fur'">??r</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/u?/: 'oo' in 'goose'">u?</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span>/</a></span></span>,&nbsp;<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><small><a title="American English" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English">US</a>:&nbsp;</small><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a title="Help:IPA/English" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/<span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/?r/: 'er' in 'letter'">?r</span><span title="/?/: primary stress follows">?</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/u?/: 'oo' in 'goose'">u?</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span>/</a></span></span>;&nbsp;<a title="French language" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language">French</a>:&nbsp;<em lang="fr">parfum</em>) is a mixture of fragrant&nbsp;<a title="Essential oil" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_oil">essential oils</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a title="Aroma compound" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroma_compound">aroma compounds</a>,&nbsp;<a title="Fixative (perfumery)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixative_(perfumery)">fixatives</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a title="Solvent" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvent">solvents</a>, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable&nbsp;<a class="mw-redirect" title="Scent" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scent">scent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfume#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;It is usually in liquid form and used to give a pleasant scent to a person's body. Ancient texts and archaeological excavations show the use of perfumes in some of the earliest human civilizations. Modern perfumery began in the late 19th century with the commercial synthesis of aroma compounds such as&nbsp;<a title="Vanillin" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanillin">vanillin</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a title="Coumarin" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coumarin">coumarin</a>, which allowed for the composition of perfumes with smells previously unattainable solely from natural aromatics alone.</p>
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<p><strong>Perfume</strong>&nbsp;(<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><small><a title="British English" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English">UK</a>:&nbsp;</small><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a title="Help:IPA/English" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/<span title="/?/: primary stress follows">?</span><span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/??r/: 'ur' in 'fur'">??r</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/u?/: 'oo' in 'goose'">u?</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span>/</a></span></span>,&nbsp;<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><small><a title="American English" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_English">US</a>:&nbsp;</small><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt"><a title="Help:IPA/English" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/English">/<span title="'p' in 'pie'">p</span><span title="/?r/: 'er' in 'letter'">?r</span><span title="/?/: primary stress follows">?</span><span title="'f' in 'find'">f</span><span title="/j/: 'y' in 'yes'">j</span><span title="/u?/: 'oo' in 'goose'">u?</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span>/</a></span></span>;&nbsp;<a title="French language" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_language">French</a>:&nbsp;<em lang="fr">parfum</em>) is a mixture of fragrant&nbsp;<a title="Essential oil" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essential_oil">essential oils</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a title="Aroma compound" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroma_compound">aroma compounds</a>,&nbsp;<a title="Fixative (perfumery)" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fixative_(perfumery)">fixatives</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a title="Solvent" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvent">solvents</a>, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable&nbsp;<a class="mw-redirect" title="Scent" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scent">scent</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfume#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup>&nbsp;It is usually in liquid form and used to give a pleasant scent to a person's body. Ancient texts and archaeological excavations show the use of perfumes in some of the earliest human civilizations. Modern perfumery began in the late 19th century with the commercial synthesis of aroma compounds such as&nbsp;<a title="Vanillin" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanillin">vanillin</a>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<a title="Coumarin" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coumarin">coumarin</a>, which allowed for the composition of perfumes with smells previously unattainable solely from natural aromatics alone.</p>