Drops of French perfumery? (8)
I believe the answer is:
descents
'drops' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'of french perfumery?' is the wordplay.
'of french' becomes 'de' ('of' in French).
'perfumery?' becomes 'scents' (I've seen this in another clue).
'de'+'scents'='DESCENTS'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for descents that I've seen before include "raids" , "Movements downward" .)