Perfume - Indian Laws - General

Perfume According to Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary , Encyclopaedic Edition, 1992 is as under: Perfume -1. fragrant or pleasant smell; the perfume of the flowers, flowery perfumes, 2. (any of several types of) sweet smelling liquid, often made from flowers, used especially on the body; sell perfumes and toilet waters, the French perfume. Perfume- 1. (of flowers, etc.) give a fragrant smell to; the roses perfumed the room; 2. put perfume on; perfume a handkerchief. The etymological meaning or the original meaning of perfume may have come from the word fumare (smoke) . But in modern parlance its meaning is quite different. G. RADHAKRISHNA MURTHI CO. AND OTHERS - 1997 (2) TMI 474 - SUPREME COURT