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Quotes About Smell

Nora said: 'I love you, Nicky, because you smell nice and know such fascinating people.
~ Dashiell Hammelt
Nothing was left to chance; every smell, every piece of furniture, and certainly the design of the floor plans made these model homes world-class.
~ Dave Ramsey
There's always a smelly dumpster behind a place that prepares a lot of food.
~ David Archer
I smell like armpits.
~ James Dashner
The boat is very close now, its noises filling the air along with the smell of fuel. Mark can see the faint shadow of two people behind the darkened window
~ James Dashner
The boat is very close now, its noises filling the air along with the smell of fuel. Mark can see the faint shadow of two people behind the darkened window now, and they both appear to be male. They both have short hair, anyway.
~ James Dashner
smelled like electronics.
~ James Dashner
The interview with the cat had been particularly full of appeal. The animal was, it seemed, an illustrious rat-catcher, with many famous deeds to her credit. Not only that, but she had been the first to notice the smell of fire and had, by her anguished and intelligent mewings, attracted the attention of night-watchman number one, who had been in the act of brewing himself a cup of tea when the outbreak took place.
~ Dorothy L. Sayers
Nevertheless, like every parking lot in the Galaxy throughout the entire history of parking lots, this parking lot smelled predominantly of impatience
~ Douglas Adams
Smell goes up, not down. You'd notice a decaying body in the cellar much sooner than in the attic. And, anyway, for a long time people would think it was a dead rat.
~ Agatha Christie
Few pleasures, for the true reader, rival the pleasure of browsing unhurriedly among books: old books, new books, library books, other people's books, one's own books - it does not matter whose or where. Simply to be among books, glancing at one here, reading a page from one over there, enjoying them all as objects to be touched, looked at, even smelt, is a deep satisfaction.
~ Aidan Chambers
I spent most of my seventh grade summer dehydrated, green-tongued, and smelling like a Malaysian whorehouse.
~ Aisha Tyler
I can't bear the smell of cigars, can you?" said Lady Partridge. "Lionel hates it too," murmured Rachel. As did Nick, to whom the dry lavatorial stench of cigars signified the inexplicable confidence of other men's tastes and habits, and their readiness to impose them on their fellows.
~ Alan Hollinghurst
Chinook salmon inherit a magnetic map along with the ability to taste and smell the differences among rivers.
~ Alanna Mitchell
When you go for first date, you are so conscious about what you are wearing, how you smell, how much money you have in your wallet. You have to plan the day - you have to plan the traffic - but in a relationship, you take all the things for granted.
~ Vivek Oberoi
Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the dark, and eat Army rations without complaint.
~ Susan Orlean
I love Rome and the way that you can wander around and find something interesting around every street corner. You can smell the history.
~ Jonathan Agnew
I volunteered on a farming community in Israel for two years when I was a teenager. One of the jobs involved clearing out a massive warehouse full of chickens ready for the abattoir. The smell of 40,000 chickens in 45C is awful.
~ Nick Frost
Sense of smell, of course, is only one of those dog qualities that can't be replicated or improved upon. I've been researching dogs in warfare for my book about 'Rin Tin Tin,' and I've read many accounts of their heroics: carrying messages through battle, alerting troops to enemy planes, and even parachuting behind enemy lines.
~ Susan Orlean
But Tottenham is pure football and pure people... nice, warm people. That's why I like Tottenham. And everybody who comes to the stadium can smell the history.
~ Rafael van der Vaart
In spring they lie flat at the first warmth, they ruin my summer and in autumn they smell of women.
~ Hugo Claus
My wife likes the hockey smell because it's the smell of a warrior.
~ David Walton
I love cleansing my face in the mornings and at night using Bliss Foaming Facial Wash. It makes my skin feel soft, and the refreshing smell always wakes me up.
~ Bethany Mota
I do have my own washing machine, but I do miss going to the laundromat. I love the smell of fabric softener.
~ Cynthia Erivo