Scented Quote of the Day Archives

While the king sitteth at his table,my spikenard sendeth forth the fragrance thereof.A bundle of myrrh is my well beloved unto me:he shall lie all night between my breasts.My beloved is unto me as a cluster of henna flowersin...

"I anoint myself everyday with oil, burn perfumes and use cosmetics that make me worthier of worshipping thee." This said in prayer to God Marduk by Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar II who reigned circa 605 BC-562 BCPhoto is of a representation...

 "I want people to find 'their fragrance' again - only some people have multiple tastes and go from one to another."  Frederic Malle is the editor of Editions de Parfums, a niche perfume house. ...

  "Out of ten women who wear Shalimar, there will be six who will wear it normally, one on whom it will simply smell dreadful, and two who will wear it differently. And then there will be one who will...

 "There are 2 smells in the afterlife: incense and sulfur. Get used to one of them!" Quoted by Fr. Jay Toborowsky on his blog Young Fogeys as having been said by a priest in his diocese. You can read his...

The writer Colette reports that the scent of the lilies were so heady in the garden of her mother, Sidonie, that the latter would ask her to shut out their smell by closing the garden gate a little and...

 "Compared to other things I do, creating perfumes is relatively painless. Sometimes you kill yourself for designs, a shirt that's gone in a season and then the collection is over and you have to think of something new. There's...

"I have smeltCorruption in the dish, incense in the latrine, theSewer in the incense, the smell of the sweet soap in the woodpath, a hellish sweet scent in the woodpath...while the ground heaved." Murder in the Cathedral Photo is of a...

"The main fact about latter-day perfumery is that the only crime is to vary it. Many fashionable women have chosen a distinctive flower, which they always wear but there is no unwritten law against the varying of the blossom". (1902)Picture...

 "I for one love perfumes that unveil themselves, that one does not understand immediately; but what is truly moving, what everyone is seeking, is that scent which is closest to skin. The reality of sensuality. " Note: Dominique Ropion is the...

Pierre Bourdon is the nose behind Davidoff Cool Water, Shiseido Féminité du Bois (with Christopher Sheldrake), Dior Dolce Vita, and Malle Iris Poudre, amongst others......

  "I've learned, that when you turn out the lights, you don't see a woman's dress, or her jewels, or the hairstyle she's worked so hard to achieve. You smell her scent, which is the most intense form of memory....

 Given the question, "what is your philosophical recipe for happiness?" Serge Lutens answers: One day I heard a sentence -- was it in a movie? -- that summarizes my philosophy pretty well: "When the gods want to punish you, they...

"Fastidious women are as delicately refined in their selection of sweet odours as in every other personal appointment. A high-bred woman does not associate herself with musk or patchouli. The shadow of the clear pungent lavender may precede her...