Meanings
plural eaux de parfum · plural eau de parfums · plural eaux de parfums
- countableuncountableperfumeryA solvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds.
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The perfume market has always been a two-tiered one, with a relatively small number of buyers of small bottles of real perfume and eau de parfum that cost large amounts of money, and a larger number of buyers of somewhat larger bottles of cologne and eau de toilette that are considerably more affordable but not always cheap.
1987 October 29, Timothy Kalich, “Marketing: What's in a Smell?”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 01 Feb 2023Synonyms: parfum de toilette
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA solvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds.
Origin
- Frencheau de parfum
- Englisheau de parfum
Borrowed from French eau de parfum.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech parfémovaná voda
- parfémovaná vodasolvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds
Finnish eau de parfum, parfyymivesi
- eau de parfumsolvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds
- parfyymivesisolvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds
French eau de parfum
- eau de parfumsolvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds
Polish woda perfumowana
- woda perfumowanasolvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds
Russian парфюме́рная вода́
- парфюме́рная вода́ (parfjumérnaja vodá)solvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds
Cite this entry
eau de parfum. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eau%20de%20parfum
“eau de parfum.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eau%20de%20parfum. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “eau de parfum,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eau%20de%20parfum.
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