English Vocabulary

perfume / fragrance

Agathe_B

User since 2012
Posts: 2

23 April 2012

Hello!

who knows the difference between perfume and fragrance?
They have the same meaning in french...
thanks! :-)

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Spoiler
User since 2008
Posts: 499
23 April 2012

The different is quite obvious and simple: a fragrance is a pleasant smell, a smell which delights you: A spring flower can have a fragrance, a rose has a fragrance, the sewers have a fragrance for rats and dung beetles, and even a sweaty armpit can have a fragrance if one is pervers enough.

The perfume is the fragrant liquid in little bottles Delavigne produces in assorted variety. "Fragrance" is a common abbrevation for a perfum with a special fragrance.
The different is quite obvious and simple: a fragrance is a pleasant smell, a smell which delights you: A spring flower can have a fragrance, a rose has a fragrance, the sewers have a fragrance for rats and dung beetles, and even a sweaty armpit can have a fragrance if one is pervers enough. The perfume is the fragrant liquid in little bottles Delavigne produces in assorted variety. "Fragrance" is a common abbrevation for a perfum with a special fragrance.
Agathe_B
User since 2012
Posts: 2
23 April 2012

thank you Spoiler! I understand now! :-)
thank you Spoiler! I understand now! :-)

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