A mouthful of flowers somewhere outside Darien, Wisconsin.
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A mouthful of flowers somewhere outside Darien, Wisconsin.
Smell a well-crafted perfume. A good perfume has a plot. Perfumes are made up of three types of notes: top, heart, and base notes. Watch how the scent unfolds over time. Try to record the effect of those changing scents on your emotional state, either as notes or a drawing.
Mallorie Vaudoise • Honoring Your Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestral Veneration
not every scent moves me the way that another 13 did when i smelled it for the first time. it’s subtle, it’s atmospheric- a quiet presence that lingers like a half-remembered dream. it’s intimate yet expansive, addictive, sensual and esoteric, yet deeply familiar. this is a scent for those who reject small talk in favor of conversations that... See more
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The arrival of the first consignments of fresh bergamot made headline news in Cologne, and women brought small children to the distillery, lifting them up to its high windows so that they could inhale the intense, health-giving scent of the fruit.
Helena Attlee • The Land Where Lemons Grow
Today a stranger walked by wearing the perfume I wore when I was 19.
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I remembered her worries, those things that felt like forever, that I’d long forgotten.
I felt the exact temperature of that one summer I begged to linger forever, and so easily neglected.
I heard her laugh, endured her first heartbreak, and tasted the sweetness of her strawberry
... See moreWhat did your clothes smell like? It wasn’t your own scent, Arthur thought, not to you anyway. His clothes at Hal’s always smelt of the Somerset earth, damp and iron-rich. In London, he remembered cedar and laundry detergent. And the particular scent of Eliza. The trace of chemicals from the lab where she worked, and the perfume she wore, a verbena
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