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Italian word
profumo
perfume; also: pleasant smell, scent
Looks like
perfume
a fragrant liquid applied to the body
⚠️ The trap
In English 'perfume' is almost exclusively the bottled fragrance you wear. In Italian 'profumo' covers any pleasant smell — cooking aromas, flowers, freshly baked bread — not just bottled scent. Very poetic everyday use.
To say "a fragrant liquid applied to the body" in Italian:
profumo (correct for perfume and for any pleasant scent)
"profumo" in English means:
perfume; also: pleasant smell, scent
Example
"Che buon profumo! Stai cucinando il ragù?"
"What a wonderful smell! Are you cooking ragù?"
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