Chemicals and Drugs

Perfume

A substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell, especially a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

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A substance, extract, or preparation for diffusing or imparting an agreeable or attractive smell, especially a fluid containing fragrant natural oils extracted from flowers, woods, etc., or similar synthetic oils. (Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

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Indexed with the subheadings administration & dosage, adverse effects, analysis, chemical synthesis, chemistry, classification, economics, history, isolation & purification, legislation & jurisprudence, metabolism, pharmacokinetics, pharmacology, poisoning, radiation effects, standards, supply & distribution, therapeutic use, toxicity.

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  1. D27.720.269w.700w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Perfume. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010476. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010476
  2. Perfume. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfume
  3. Perfume. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131746