perfume (v.) Copy link Outline 1. ŏdōro, 1 (infreq. except in p. part.)2. suffīo, 4 (by burning aromatic or other substances) • perfume (v.): 1. ŏdōro, 1 (infreq. except in p. part.): Ov. M. 15, 734: Col. See also perfumed. 2. suffīo, 4 (by burning aromatic or other substances): v. to fumigate. Phr.: to p. a place with various scents, locum variis odoribus inficere, Sen. Vit. Beat. 11, 3; odores, unguenta, flores spargere, cf. Suet. Ner. 31: to p. one's head with fragrant oil, caput odorato unguento perfricare, Cic. Verr. 3, 25, 62. (Odoribus imbuere, given by Kr., must be used with caution; as it implies a tincturing or saturating of the substance of anything with perfume: cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 69.)