Quotes About Perfume

It could be argued that all perfume is born out of shame; a self-consciousness of our natural odour.

The world is defined by smells – not words or shapes or sounds.

I love the smell of estrogen in the morning

I make you nervous. Admit it." "I've known you barely twenty-four hours," Rafe retorted. "That isn't enough time to get used to a woman's perfume, let alone the fact that she knows without looking what kind of shorts you happen to be wearing." Isabel chuckled. "Okay, you win that round.

And the forest perfume — trees and earth — it's like incense in a shrine. You fall into a state of... prayer.

This morning I prepared the bridal bed. How fresh the sheets smelt, The pillows were plump with anticipation, Like me. We've covered every angle, the mistress and me. I am to smother myself in her sweet perfume And let down my hair – although the colour does not compare. But he will not notice: The lights will be dimmed and the King will be blinded with love.

Chase leaned in close. "hey" What? Are you wearing perfume? No... why would I be wearing perfume?... You sure you're not wearing anything? It smells like jasmine. Must be the bushes

Bushido as an independent code of ethics may vanish, but its power will not perish from the earth; its schools of martial prowess or civic honor may be demolished, but its light and its glory will long survive their ruins. Like its symbolic flower, after it is blown to the four winds, it will still bless mankind with the perfume with which it will enrich life.

When the delicious perfume of the sakura quickens the morning air, as the sun in its course rises to illumine first the isles of the Far East, few sensations are more serenely exhilarating than to inhale, as it were, the very breath of beauteous day.

You wouldn't want to be caught wearing cheap perfume, would you? Then why do you want to wear cheap perfume on your conduct?

Fame is the perfume of heroic deeds.

As perfume to the flower, so is kindness to speech.

I don't wear a lot of perfumey-perfumes because I think a lot of them smell like you're wearing perfume. And I don't want to smell like that.

When you're creating a fragrance, you're always thinking about what you want that first smell to be, that first reaction.

There were things women were better at than men; home was one of them. They carried it with them like an ancestral perfume.

The holy and generous wish, that rises like incense from a pure heart towards heaven, often lavishes its sweet perfume on the blast of evil times.

de satan ou de dieu, qu'importe! ange ou sirène, qu'importe, si tu rends -- fée aux yeux de velours, rythme, parfum, lueur, ô mon unique reine! -- l'univers moins hideux et les instants moins lourds?

Her voice makes perfume when she speaks, Her breath is music faint and low.

Comme de longs échos qui de loin se confondent / Dans une ténébreuse et profonde unité, / Vaste comme la nuit et comme la clarté, / Les parfums, les couleurs et les sons se répondent.

Many a jewel lies buried In darkness and oblivion, Far, far away from picks and drills;  Many a flower regretfully Exhales perfume soft as secrets In a profound solitude.

I've always loved the scent of rose; it's just the most beautiful scent. If you open my bathroom cupboard, everything is rose scented.

Perfume the literature you write with only the finest inks, for literature works are luscious girls, and ink their precious perfume. —Arabic saying ~800 AD

I stepped into the bookshop and breathed in that perfume of paper and magic that strangely no one had ever thought of bottling.

Sweet smells are sometimes used to cover foul ones.