We found the following poem by Maurice Boucher as quoted by perfumer Constantin Weriguine for its evocation of what is euphemistically called the "Odore di femmina" and the affinities of that natural feminine aroma to amber. It stands as an...
Scented Quote of the Day Archives
Scented Quote of the Day, From Frédéric Malle:
In an interview with WWD, perfumier Frédéric Malle of Editions de Parfums drew a roadmap for perfumery, “There is a market for real perfumery [...] Our mission is to become the specialist for perfume making in all of its forms...
Scented Quote of the Day, From Karl Lagerfeld:
Designer Karl Lagerfeld is well-known for his outspokeness and oftentimes controversial views...on just about anything under the sun. Here is his latest take on perfume and his adoptive country.It stinks in France, sort of, except for, among a few...
Scented Quote of the Day, From John Dyer:
"How erring oft the judgment in its hate Or fond desire! Those slow-descending showers, Those hovering fogs, that bathe our growing vales... ...
Scented Quote of the Day, From Nicolas Mirzayantz: Olfactory Lessons from China
Nicolas Mirzayantz is the group president of fragrances at International Flavors & Fragrances (IFF), one of the leading groups for fragrance composition... ...
Scented Quote of the Day, From Jane Lauder:
"Of her grandmother Estée’s approach to business, Lauder says, “She was so intuitive. She knew what women wanted.” Lauder goes on to tell a story of how Estée Lauder always instructed fragrance spritzers to spray a woman’s right hand, since...
Scented Quote of the Day, from (Sexed-Up) Jane Austen:
OMG -- so cheesy. So bad, they had to be quoted in this column. Rewrites of Jane Austen classics purporting to bring all the sexual tension found in the novels to the fore of explicitly written e-books are proving to...
Flavorful Quote of the Day, from Aarón Sánchez:
From one of the most passionate chefs and cookbooks you could encounter:"Some people's memories have a sound track, an Usher jam calling to mind a rowdy birthday or a Bon Jovi song bringing back an awesome first date -- instead,...
Scented Quote of the Day from Charles Olsen:
Portrait of Charlotte Spaulding by Edward Steichen, autochrome, 1908 The Perfume / of Flowers!The perfumeof flowers! A haw drops such odourit stops me in the wallof its fall. Lovearrests.......
Scented Quote of the Day, from Anna de Noailles:
French poetess Anna de Noailles with Bengali poet Rabindranath TagoreAgain, on horse chestnut blossoms, according to Anna de Noailles (1876-1933)......
Scented Quote of the Day, From Shakespeare:
"Therefore, to be possess'd with double pomp, To guard a title that was rich before, To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the...
La Femme aux Roses de Théodore de Banville et Jean-Jacques Pradier: Texte & Sculpture {Scented Quote of the Day} {Cultural Notes}
A sculpture by / une sculpture de Jean-Jacques Pradier Chloris caressée par Zéphyr (1849): And an anecdote plus a poem both by poet Théodore de Banville about "The Woman with Roses", the inspiration behind the sculpture (apocryphal source suspected) and...
Scented Quote of the Day, from Emma Stone: You Have to be Ballsy to Wear Fragrance {Celebrity Perfume}
Just as we were chirping on Tweeter that one can legitimately ask oneself the question: to wear perfume for ourselves or others, that is the question, at times. That remark being a reference to Lana del Rey's lyric "put his...
Scented Quote of the Day, from Faulkner:
Barn Burning by Scott Washburn"The store in which the Justice of the Peace's court was sitting smelled of cheese. The boy, crouched on his nail keg at the back of the crowded room, knew he smelled cheese, and more:......
Scented Quote of the Day, from Jean-Claude Ellena:
The latest French Elle magazine has an article about perfumer Jean-Claude Ellena on the occasion of the publication of his new book, Journal d'un parfumeur. I had the opportunity to read it last spring. My copy of it is filled...