Perfume Quotes - Page 10

• I tensed, waiting for the fury - both his and mine - but it was only quiet and calm in the darkness of his room. I could almost taste the sweetness of reunion in the air, a separate fragrance from the perfume of his breath; the emptiness when we were apart left its own bitter aftertaste, something I didn't consciously notice until it was removed. There was no friction in the space between us. The stillness was peaceful - not like the calm before the tempest, but like a clear night untouched by even the dream of a storm.

  Stephenie Meyer

  Dream, Night, Air

  Stephenie Meyer (2008). “Eclipse”, Little Brown & Company

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• The question about those aromatic advertisements that perfume companies are having stitched into magazines these days is this: under the freedoms guaranteed by the First Amendment, is smelling up the place a constitutionally protected form of expression?

  Calvin Trillin

  Expression, Magazines, Firsts

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• Christ was born in a manger, laying down amongst donkeys ang goats. He was given gifts of incense and perfume. No kidding.

  Dana Gould

  Goats, Incense, Laying Down

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• If you're buying tomatoes pick them up and smell them-they should have a lovely perfume. They need to be kept at fifty degrees or above, particularly during the growing season, because that's when they develop their flavor.

  Julia Child

  Smell, Should Have, Lovely

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Neither rings, bright chains, nor bracelets, perfumes, flowers, nor well-trimmed hair, Grace a man like polished language, th' only jewel he should wear.

  Bhartrhari

  Flower, Men, Hair

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• Growing up I never had a perfume. I was like oh, one day when I'm grownup and have money I'm going to wear perfume. I had one perfume and I would save it for really, really, really special occasions. Which meant I never actually wore it. So now it's one of those things like, I can wear perfume everyday. I can afford to buy another one, I'm really lucky that I can. Now when I have nice stuff I don't save it anymore, I try to use it.

  Margot Robbie

  Growing Up, Nice, Everyday

  Source: www.harpersbazaar.com

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• How can you smell this good after the kind of crappy day we've had?" "I sweat perfume. Like all girls.

  Rachel Caine

  Girl, Sweat, Smell

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Kiss of Death: The Morganville Vampires”, p.154, Penguin

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• As for her perfume, it was the kind you only noticed after she'd left a room, not while she was still in it. Even then you didn't realize it was perfume, you only wondered what had made you think of her just then.

  Cornell Woolrich

  Thinking, Rooms, Kind

  Cornell Woolrich (1965). “The Dark Side of Love: Tales of Love and Death”

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• For a week I did not take off my mechanic's coverall day or night I did not bathe or shave or brush my teeth because love taught me too late that you groom yourself for someone you dress and perfume yourself for someone and I'd never had anyone to do that for.

  Gabriel Garcia Marquez

  Night, Teeth, Dresses

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• But I can think of nothing on earth so beautiful as the final haul on Halloween night, which, for me, was ten to fifteen pounds of candy, a riot of colored wrappers and hopeful fonts,snub-nosed chocolate bars and SweeTARTS, the seductive rattle of Jujyfruits and Good & Plenty and lollipopsticks all akimbo, the foli ends of mini LifeSavers packs twinkling like dimes, and a thick sugary perfume rising up from the pillowcase.

  Steve Almond

  Beautiful, Halloween, Night

  Steve Almond (2004). “Candyfreak: a journey through the chocolate underbelly of America”

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• He (Michael) was gone in a whisper of air, hardly making any sound at all, and Claire shivered and leaned against Shane’s solid, very human warmth. His arms went around her, and he touched his lips lightly to the back of her neck. “How can you smell this good after the kind of crappy day we’ve had?” “I sweat perfume. Like all girls.

  Rachel Caine

  Girl, Air, Sweat

  Rachel Caine (2010). “Kiss of Death: The Morganville Vampires”, p.154, Penguin

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• Let us then blend everything: love, religion, genius, with sunshine, perfume, music, and poetry.

  Madame de Stael

  Sunshine, Genius

  "Corinne, or Italy". Book by Madame de Stael, 1807.

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• On Mother's Day: It's just a rip-off, to tell the truth, a chance to sell my perfume and other things that ladies like.

  Elizabeth Taylor

  Mother, Rip, Chance

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• A story can fly like a bee, so straight and swift you catch only the hum of its passing. Or move so slowly it seems motionless, curled in upon itself like a snake in the sun. It can vanish like smoke before the wind. Linger like perfume in the nose. Change with every telling, yet always remain the same.

  Cameron Dokey

  Moving, Wind, Snakes

  Cameron Dokey (2008). “The Storyteller's Daughter: A Retelling of "The Arabian Nights"”, p.1, Simon and Schuster

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• After a fashion, they did, mingling the sale of perfumes with anti-Nazi propaganda. In the event, my tirelessly publicised determination to wrest back control of the business neutralised most of the adverse repercussions on me from an unwilling association with their propaganda.

  Coco Chanel

  Fashion, Determination, Events

  Source: www.chanel-muggeridge.com

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• I am sure the man who powders most, perfumes most, embroiders most, and talks most nonsense, is most admired. Though to be candid, there are some who have too much good sense to esteem such monkey-like animals as these, in whose formation, as the saying is, the tailors and barbers go halves with God Almighty.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Animal, Men, Half

  Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1858). “The life and letters of Thomas Jefferson: being his autobiography and select correspondence, from original manuscripts”, p.183

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• And yet I do love a kind of light, melody, fragrance, food, embracement when I love my God; for He is the light, the melody, the fragrance, the food, the embracement of my inner self - there where is a brillance that space cannot contain, a sound that time cannot carry away, a perfume that no breeze disperses, a taste undimisnished by eating, a clinging together that no saiety will sunder. This is what I love when I love my God.

  Saint Augustine

  Space, Light, Self

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• If you prefer smoke over fire then get up now and leave. For I do not intend to perfume your mind's clothing with more sooty knowledge.

  Adyashanti

  Fire, Mind, Burning

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• Advertisers like that because they want you to feel their product isn't normal - this perfume isn't normal, this set of lingerie isn't normal. The irony is that they are appealing to normal people to buy the product because they want them to identify with an exotic life that they don't lead.

  Cary Cooper

  People, Exotic, Want

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• What kind of alchemy could create a perfume that would make a reaction to a person lukewarm, indifferent and apathetic?If such a scent could be made I'd like some.

  Bob Dylan

  Scent, Kind, Reactions

  "Why Bob Dylan deserves the Nobel Prize in Literature" by Robert Chalmers, www.gq-magazine.co.uk. October 13, 2016.

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• I love perfumes. Every morning when my girlfriend and I come down to the courtyard in our block of flats we're assailed by the most delicious scent - jasmine round a doorway. It almost makes me swoon.

  Alan Rickman

  Girlfriend, Morning, Block

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• Perfume has a long and fascinating history and the beautifully crafted bottles used to store it over the centuries demonstrate its importance. Each has mirrored the latest tastes in fashion technology, design and art.

  Judith Miller

  Fashion, Art, Technology

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• Put on light-coloured clothes and some perfume, take care of your body and do everything you can to fight against the forces of darkness. It is not an easy struggle, but it is worthwhile.

  Jean Vanier

  Struggle, Fighting, Light

  Jean Vanier (2001). “Seeing Beyond Depression”, p.57, Paulist Press

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• In general, I've found female protagonists more intriguing to work with than males. I cherish women and have always preferred their company, reveling in their perfumes, their contours, their finer-grained sensibilities, lunar intuitions, nurturing instincts and relatively unfettered emotions--although I'm certainly not unaware that there are plenty of neurotic, uptight, stupid women in the world.

  Tom Robbins

  Stupid, Intuition, Males

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• Oils of cinnamon and eucalyptus are as powerful against some microorganisms as conventional antibiotics, and are especially effective against flus. Sandalwood oil from Mysore, India, is not only a classic perfume oil but is also a traditional remedy for sore throats and laryngitis. Lavender oil, so often used in toilet waters and scented sachets, has a dramatic healing action on burns.

  Robert Tisserand

  Powerful, Healing, Oil

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