Children Quote by Jean-Pierre Alaux

“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

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

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“Scent speaks in every language. It is made of flesh and personal impressions. It is tied up with the need to feel alive, a…

— Francesca Serritella

“We choose perfumes for ourselves so we can tell the stories inside of us— the ones that we can't possibly put into words.”

— C. JoyBell C

“Perfume should tell a story –”

— Kathleen Tessaro

“Perfume should tell a story – the story of who you are, who you might be, perhaps even of who you fear becoming . . .…

— Kathleen Tessaro

“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

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

Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.

— Heinrich Heine

“My resolution to “Embrace good smells” has developed into a full-blown obsession. A few of my favorite perfumes: CB I Hate Perfume    Demeter…

— Gretchen Rubin

A flower's fragrance declares to all the world that it is fertile, available, and desirable, its sex organs oozing with nectar. Its smell reminds…

— Diane Ackerman

“It was a heady, overwhelming veil of scent. At first it developed almost hypnotically into a floral, fruit bouquet; languid and sensual with a…

— Kathleen Tessaro