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Anybody have confirmation that lecythiophile means "one who collects perfume"? If it is so, then we're all lecythiophiles! Tell that to the next person you're getting a job interview from, see if you get the job!
"Have you ever been convicted of a crime?"
"Well, I'm a lecythiophile, but I was never convicted, and I still collect my passion in boxes I keep in the closet or my basement."
"Oh my."
- Rich


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I searched several online dictionaries and could not find this word.

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How do you pronounce it? If we can get a good debate going over pronunciation, I'll believe it!

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Add the www to this link and see if you can download it. I can't for some reason:
.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=definition+%22lecythiophile%22
It says something about "lecythiophile" but either you must read French or have Google translate the page for you to find out what.
My guess at pronounciation is "Les ee 'thigh oh file"

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Here ya go:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://perso.orange.fr/lannenec/passion_dany/collections.htm&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=2&ct=resu lt&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dlecythiophile%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.m icrosoft:en-US

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Thanks Rod!

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My guess is--
Le seeth' ee a file

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My guess is...
Lessee theo file
Someone who loves lecythios...

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I couldn't find the word in any dictionaries either. (found some listings of -phile words too, not in that either)
It's really just a Greek compound word. So the real question is what Greek word is appropriate to indicate perfume.
As the link Lightninrod posted indicates, Lecythiophile is one who loves small bottles. In your context, minis of perfume. I found an english-greek translator and plugged in perfume and fragrance. Perfume came back as 'aroma' and fragrance, it returned two words: 'evodia' and 'myrodia'.
So my guess is that properly, love of perfumes would be 'aromaphilia' or you as an 'aromaphile'. I'm not sure that usage would be clear though, as aromatherapy is a well-known word used for people who ascribe medical properties to inhaling essential oils (related: homeopathy).

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Let me support my guess--
The site says the first word was lecyth combined with iophile to means to like. That's why I think lecyth will be pronounces as a sylabic unit. The thio part, taken as a root word would be reference to sulfur -- like Thiopentathal. Here, I believe it is a fortuitous combination of the th belonging to lecyth and the io linking phile.
Indeed, my fine fellows, thus flows my dubious imagination.