Etymology

perfumer

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Today it means: A person who makes or sells perfume. Full definition →

Middle French parfumeur
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  1. Middle French · derived fromparfumeur
  2. English todayperfumer

From perfume (noun and verb) + -er, perhaps modelled on Middle French parfumeur.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.