eau de parfum

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French eau de parfum.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˌəʊ.də.pɑːˈfʌm/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌoʊ.də.pɑːrˈfʌm/

Noun

eau de parfum (countable and uncountable, plural eaux de parfum or eau de parfums or eaux de parfums)

  1. (perfumery) A solvent containing around 10% to 20% aromatic compounds.
    Synonym: parfum de toilette
    Coordinate terms: eau de Cologne, cologne
    • 1987 October, Timothy Kalich, “Marketing: What's in a Smell?”, in The Atlantic[1], →ISSN, archived from the original on 1 February 2023:
      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.

Translations

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /o d(ə) paʁ.fɔm/

Noun

eau de parfum f (plural eaux de parfum)

  1. eau de parfum
    Synonym: EDP

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