Basil Quote by Kat Simons

My perfume, Manifesto, was based on the scent of basil.

— Isabella Rossellini

“It is rare that a profound revery does not spring from that glance, where it falls. All purities and all candors meet in that…

— null

“And so he would now study perfumes, and the secrets of their manufacture, distilling heavily-scented oils, and burning odorous gums from the East. He…

— Oscar Wilde

“Business was doing well, because all the locals knew that dishes made from the flowers that grew around the apple tree in the Waverley…

— Sarah Addison Allen

“The spice you used in the pâte... that was allspice, right?" ALLSPICE The allspice plant is a tropical, mid-canopy tree. The leaves are dried…

— Yuto Tsukuda

“So long she held on in this mourning manner, that, what by the continuall watering of the Basile, and putrifaction of the head, so…

— Giovanni Boccaccio

“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

“There is something fragrant to touch at every turn; scented geranium leaves to rub or pots of thyme to tear at. Such temptations would…

— Nigel Slater

“Andrew sifted through the photos: lush, sprawling gardens of herbs and flowers, others dotted with crabapple trees, woodbine, and hawthorn- not that he could…

— Ellen Herrick

“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

“I love words as food. It fills up my appetite with parsley, mint, and species. It has a way of keeping my immune system…

— Christina Strigas

“Here's flowers for you; hot lavender, mints, savory, marjoram; The marigold.”

— William Shakespeare