Scent vs. Perfume — What's the Difference?

A hint or suggestion.

A fragrant liquid typically applied to the body.

The ability to perceive smells.

The pleasant smell of something.

A distinctive smell, especially one that is pleasant

A substance used to give a pleasant smell to a room or fabric.

A trail indicated by the characteristic smell of an animal and perceptible to hounds or other animals

An aromatic plant substance.

The faculty or sense of smell

To fill with a pleasant fragrance.

Impart a pleasant scent to

Perfume (UK: , US: ; French: parfum) is a mixture of fragrant essential oils or aroma compounds, fixatives and solvents, usually in liquid form, used to give the human body, animals, food, objects, and living-spaces an agreeable scent. The 1939 Nobel Laureate for Chemistry, Leopold Ružička stated in 1945 that "right from the earliest days of scientific chemistry up to the present time perfumes have substantially contributed to the development of organic chemistry as regards methods, systematic classification, and theory."Ancient texts and archaeological excavations show the use of perfumes in some of the earliest human civilizations.

Discern by the sense of smell

A fragrant liquid typically made from essential oils extracted from flowers and spices, used to give a pleasant smell to one's body

A distinctive, often agreeable odor.

Give a pleasant smell to

A perfume

A substance that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor, especially a volatile liquid distilled from flowers or prepared synthetically.

An odor left by the passing of an animal.

A pleasing, agreeable scent or odor.

The trail of a hunted animal or fugitive

To fill or permeate with fragrance; impart a pleasant odor to.

The sense of smell

A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor

A hint of something imminent; a suggestion

(cosmetics) A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor.

To perceive or identify by the sense of smell

(transitive) To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

To suspect or detect

To fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent.

To fill with a pleasant odor; perfume

The scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor; fragrance; aroma.

To hunt prey by means of the sense of smell. Used of hounds.

A substance that emits an agreeable odor.

A distinctive smell.

A toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor

A smell left by an animal that may be used for tracing.

A distinctive odor that is pleasant

The sense of smell.

Fill or impregnate with an odor;

A substance (usually liquid) created to provide a pleasant smell.

Apply perfume to;

(figuratively) Any trail or trace that can be followed to find something or someone, such as the paper left behind in a paperchase.

(obsolete) Sense, perception.

(transitive) To detect the scent of; to discern by the sense of smell.

(ambitransitive) To inhale in order to detect the scent of (something).

To have a suspicion of; to detect the possibility of (something).

(transitive) To impart an odour to, to cause to have a particular smell.

To have a smell; (figuratively) to give an impression (of something).

To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

To perceive by the olfactory organs; to smell; as, to scent game, as a hound does.

To imbue or fill with odor; to perfume.

To have a smell.

To hunt animals by means of the sense of smell.

That which, issuing from a body, affects the olfactory organs of animals; odor; smell; as, the scent of an orange, or of a rose; the scent of musk.

Specifically, the odor left by an animal on the ground in passing over it; as, dogs find or lose the scent; hence, course of pursuit; track of discovery.

The power of smelling; the sense of smell; as, a hound of nice scent; to divert the scent.

A distinctive odor that is pleasant

An odor left in passing by which a person or animal can be traced

Any property detected by the olfactory system

Cause to smell or be smelly

Catch the scent of; get wind of;

Apply perfume to;

A trail indicated by smell.

A fragrance emitted by a person, animal, or object.

Yes, scent can refer to any smell, including that of food.

Scent refers to any smell, while perfume is a product designed to emit a pleasant fragrance.

Most perfumes contain essential oils, but they also include synthetic aroma compounds.

Perfume can last from a few hours to a full day, depending on its concentration.

Yes, perfume is a manufactured product.

Yes, a scent can be naturally occurring.

Yes, scent can describe a trail left by an animal or person.

Perfume can be applied to skin, clothing, and other surfaces.

Yes, a scent can be pleasant or unpleasant.

No, many animals have a keen sense of scent.

Perfume can also be used to scent rooms or fabrics.

Yes, scents can be artificially created.

Yes, some individuals may be allergic to certain perfume ingredients.

Yes, some perfumes are made solely with natural ingredients.

Yes, perfumes come in different strengths like eau de toilette and eau de parfum.