perfume vs taste

perfume

verb
  • To apply perfume to; to fill or impregnate with a perfume; to scent. 

noun
  • A substance created to provide a pleasant smell or one which emits an agreeable odor. 

  • A pleasant smell; the scent, odor, or odoriferous particles emitted from a sweet-smelling substance; a pleasant odor 

taste

verb
  • To have a taste; to excite a particular sensation by which flavor is distinguished. 

  • To try by eating a little; to eat a small quantity of. 

  • To sample the flavor of something orally. 

  • To identify (a flavor) by sampling something orally. 

  • To experience. 

  • To take sparingly. 

noun
  • The sense that consists in the perception and interpretation of this sensation. 

  • A person's implicit set of preferences, especially esthetic, though also culinary, sartorial, etc. 

  • A small sample of food, drink, or recreational drugs. 

  • One of the sensations produced by the tongue in response to certain chemicals; the quality of giving this sensation. 

  • Personal preference; liking; predilection. 

  • A small amount of experience with something that gives a sense of its quality as a whole. 

  • A kind of narrow and thin silk ribbon. 

How often have the words perfume and taste occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )