Perfume Quotes

342 Perfume quotes by 274 unique authors

When she liked anyone it was quite natural for her to go to bed with him. She never thought twice about it. It was not… — W. Somerset Maugham
Eclecticism is the degree zero of contemporary general culture: one listens to reggae, watches a western, eats McDonald's food for lunch and local cuisine for… — Jean-Francois Lyotard
I emitted some civetlike female stink, a distinct perfume of sexual wanting, that he had followed to find me here in the dark. — Janet Fitch
If I look back, my mother was always out. I can remember the perfume and her scarlet chiffon dress and crystal beads, going to a… — Celia Imrie
Sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads. — Ray Bradbury
Because each book has its own special perfume. — Jack Gantos
My real life’s not like the fantasy Tom Ford world – with naked girls pouring perfume everywhere. It’s more staying in and watching Friends on… — Tom Ford
This is a great shame, but of course there have to be some things in life that not everybody can have, and great perfume is… — Diana Vreeland
Poems . . . are perfume bottles momentarily unstopped—what they release is volatile and will vanish, and yet it can be released again, — Jane Hirshfield
If we wish to have the light, we must keep the sun; if we wish to keep our forests we must keep our trees; if… — Fulton J. Sheen
Smell is a word, perfume is literature. — Jean-Claude Ellena
Perfume is a story in odors, sometimes a poetry of memory — Jean-Claude Ellena
Beautiful and minimalist, the traditional Japanese art of ikebana - arranging bouquets of cut flowers and leaves using very few elements - ideally corresponded to… — Jean-Claude Ellena
Perfume: any smell that is used to drown a worse one. — Elbert Hubbard
If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above,… — Julia Child
If I were a maker of perfumes, I would make one and call it 'Spring,' and it would smell like this cool, sweet, early-morning air. — Ann Petry
On Mother's Day: It's just a rip-off, to tell the truth, a chance to sell my perfume and other things that ladies like. — Elizabeth Taylor
The sun doth shake Light from his locks, and, all the way Breathing perfumes, doth spice the day. — Henry Vaughan
Dignity is like a perfume; those who use it are scarcely conscious of it. — Christina, Queen of Sweden
Among the flowers no perfume is like mine; That which is best in me comes from within. So those in this world who would rise… — Charles Godfrey Leland
Jas in the Arab language is despair, And Min the darkest meaning of a lie. Thus cried the Jessamine among the flowers, How justly doth… — Charles Godfrey Leland
Oils of cinnamon and eucalyptus are as powerful against some microorganisms as conventional antibiotics, and are especially effective against flus. Sandalwood oil from Mysore, India,… — Robert Tisserand
Advertisers like that because they want you to feel their product isn't normal - this perfume isn't normal, this set of lingerie isn't normal. The… — Cary Cooper
If you prefer smoke over fire then get up now and leave. For I do not intend to perfume your mind's clothing with more sooty… — Adyashanti
Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower. — Charles M. Schwab

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