Bottles Quote by Jane Hirshfield

Perfume is a story in odors, sometimes a poetry of memory

— Jean-Claude Ellena

“When the olfactory alphabet, which made them so many words in a precious lexicon, is forgotten, perfumes will be left speechless, inarticulate, illegible.”

— Italo Calvino

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers, and as the human heart, imagining itself alone and unwatched, feels most deeply in the night-time, so seems…

— Heinrich Heine

Perfume is like a parenthesis, a moment of freedom, peace, love and sensuality in between the disturbances of modern living.

— Sonia Rykiel

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers, and as the human heart, imagining itself alone and unwatched, feels most deeply in the night-time, so seems…

— Heinrich Heine

“Perfume is the scent that pours out of a flower's soul when crushed.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

Perfume is a form of writing, an ink, a choice made in the first person, the dot on the i, a weapon, a courteous…

— Serge Lutens

To create a perfume you have to be the servant of the unconscious. Each idea evolves and transforms, but there should be a surprise…

— Serge Lutens

Perfume has a long and fascinating history and the beautifully crafted bottles used to store it over the centuries demonstrate its importance. Each has…

— Judith Miller

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.

— Heinrich Heine

“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

“Perfume is magic. It’s mystery. We recreate the smell of a flower. Of wood. Of grass. We capture the essence of life. Liquefy it.…

— M.J. Rose