Quotes about Scent

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.

At the blast of the horn, he snorts with fervor. He catches the scent of battle from afar—the shouts of captains and the cry of war.

While the king was at his table, my perfume spread its fragrance.

A woman who doesn't wear perfume has no future.

The work of a correct and regular writer is a garden accurately formed and diligently planted, varied with shades, and scented with flowers.

The horses came thundering toward Margaret. "Get down!" Daniel tackled her to the dusty ground. The breath puffed out of her. She struggled to free herself, but his strong body kept her pinned beneath him. She could smell the clean scent of soap underneath the scent of his skin. Never in her life had she felt so helpless and dependent. And protected. The word whispered through her brain with a gentle allure.

You shouldn't have to have money to have a luxury fragrance.

The air among the houses was of so strong a piscatory flavour that one might have supposed sick fish went up to be dipped in it, as sick people went down to be dipped in the sea.

Perfume is the scent that pours out of a flower's soul when crushed.

I ain't got an original thought in my head. If it ain't got the scent of divinity to it, I ain't interested in it

What runs so contrary to received wisdom is that it really is the male who is the aesthete while the woman is drawn to abstractions. Wealth. Power. What a man seeks is beauty, plain and simple. No other way to put it. The rustle of her clothes, her scent. The sweep of her hair across his naked stomach. Categories all but meaningless to a woman. Lost in her calculations.

I like stick deodorant. I'm not a huge fan of spritz.