Summer Quote by Deborah Ford

“shade. Sweet-smelling Carolina allspice, with its reddish-black flowers, lilacs, honeysuckle and”

— Andrea Wulf

Wild honey smells of freedom The dust - of sunlight The mouth of a young girl, like a violet But gold - smells of…

— Anna Akhmatova

“It’s jasmine, an intoxicating single-note floral. I wave the blotter and sniff again, the memory coming to me not in bits and pieces but…

— L.C. Chu

“The warm bittersweet smell of clean Negro welcomed us as we entered the churchyard-Hearts of Love hairdressing mingled with asafoetida, snuff, Hoyt's Cologne, Brown's…

— Harper Lee

“The description is a good one--- saffron's reddish-golden glow is very much my idea of sunshine in a bottle. Good saffron is sweet and…

— Elizabeth Bard

The strong smells I remember are all floral. There's nothing like a farm rose to take you back to the mountains and the meadows.…

— Amanda Seyfried

“The scents of these three, for instance, were so distinct, though they were clearly a family: the dark girl more savory and the golden-haired…

— Margo Lanagan

“Humid the air! Leafless, yet soft as spring. The tender purple spray on copse and briers! And that sweet city with her dreaming spires,…

— Matthew Arnold

“While the indecisive customer hovered over an array of perfumes that Nettle had brought out for her, the American girls browsed among the shelves…

— Lisa Kleypas

“It's spring giving way to summer, balmy air smelling of roses, hot skin meeting the cold shock of the ocean, starry nights as warm…

— Sarah McCarry

“Now there was the rustling of skirts, and it kicked up her smell, that distinctive blend of vanilla and violets, lavender and roses -…

— Meredith Duran

the smell of lilacs crept poignantly into the room like a remembered spring.

— Margaret Millar