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2. ‘Perfume’

Young woman buying perfume in a shop or store
It is a scent, after all. | iStock.com/kzenon

When most of us spray on a fragrance that we like on we call it “perfume” but that is not what the Windsors say. The fragrance they apply is simply a “scent.”

One scent Princess Diana wore often, including on her wedding day, was Quelques Fleurs. However, later in her life, she preferred the scent 24 Faubourg by Hermès.

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