noun, masculine/paʁ.fœ̃/plural: parfums
perfume (scented toiletry); scent, desirable smell; flavour, aroma, taste (e.g., of ice cream)
“Le parfum des framboises est rarement naturel.” — Raspberry flavor is rarely natural
Inherited from Middle French parfum, from parfumer (“to scent”), borrowed from Old Occitan perfumar or another language around the Mediterranean coast, cf. Italian profumare, themselves from Latin per (“through, thoroughly”) + fumāre (“to smoke”).