as in to scent
to fill or infuse with a pleasant odor or odor-releasing substance the fans are used to odorize the air outside the confectioner's shop in order to lure more passersby

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  • Highlights from a recent menu included anchovies with buffalo ricotta; pasta and potatoes with blue lobster and chicken scented with fig leaves and smoked eel.
    Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
  • This luscious treatment is flavored and scented, but not tinted.
    Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 11 July 2025
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  • Adjacent to the space is the lobby, an area perfumed with copal incense and adorned with jewel-toned seating.
    Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 13 July 2025
  • Their beauty routine, in fact, focused on ointments and oils extracted from olive trees, which were used to moisturize and perfume the face and body: Women would cleanse their skin with oil while bathing and then, once finished, reuse it to obtain even more hydration.
    Laura Tortora, Vogue, 22 May 2025
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“Odorize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/odorize. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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