Perfume Quote by Steven Millhauser

“...he brought music of his own, and awakened every fairy echo with the tender accents of his oboe...”

— Ann Radcliffe

“The unknown breeze came wafting towards us and filled our hearts with the fragrance of love!”

— Avijeet Das

“Warm familiar scents drift softly from the oven, And imprint forever upon our hearts That this is home and that we are loved.”

— Arlene Stafford-Wilson

“With my eyes closed, I would touch a familiar book and draw its fragrance deep inside me. This was enough to make me happy. ”

— Haruki Murakami

“But I am not going to give every detail. Some things lose their fragrance when opened to the air, and there are stirrings of…

— John Beevers

“Oh it was gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh. The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and…

— Anthony Burgess

“I believe his exact words were cosmic, soul-shattering, air in your lungs kind of love. ”

— Renee Carlino

“I felt something fall away inside. Some floor, and from beneath it boiled up something dark, black and bitter, craving vengeance.”

— Kevin Emerson

“The air smelled of box and mint and thyme and newly turned earth. Laura”

— Rosamunde Pilcher

“The sky was always full of birdsong and evening smells, piano music from a window, the stone buildings glowing against the blue, like cream…

— Olivia Sudjic

“It was a curious thing about the past--how it lay in wait for you, quietly, invisibly, almost as though it weren't there. You might…

— John Verdon

“This is its ancient soul, the quiet place, away from all its beats and rhythms. And my mind is unable to comprehend the sheer…

— Kirsty Eagar