Diane Ackerman Quotes

I do believe that using fragrance is a plus. It's one of our senses and it's be a waste not to use our sense of smell. I also think smell is something that tells a lot about a person.

Fragrances fill the senses with the mysterious.

No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils.

You smell a rose through a fence: If two should smell it, what matter?

One of the things that you're not really in control of - apart from everything - is your smell.

There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.

There are about 700 flavors that you can smell, but only five you can taste. A lot of times what you're perceiving as flavor has nothing to do with palette, but it's more to do with scents.

Yes, I always remember my dad's, mom's and my grandma's perfumes.

Smells are so powerful and evocative, sometimes stronger than visual cues.

The best smell in the world is that man that you love.

I love the smell of vanilla, but I didn't have perfumes growing up, so I wore vanilla extract.

I enjoy wearing fragrance every day and have found myself searching for the one signature scent that truly reflects my personality and the things I love, such as Bulgarian rose. I have always wanted to create a fragrance from its inception to fruition and articulate femininity, confidence, and fortitude.

I think the smell of something is so important, especially when you're putting it on your face.

Smell is something that attracts me instantly. So if the guy smells nice, there is an instant attraction.

Fragrance is important to me because of its emotional dimension. I feel like fragrances are able to transport, stir emotion, and bring up memories. You can wear makeup, you can dress yourself up, but fragrance gives a powerful aspect to how you can present yourself that you can't necessarily get any other way.

Don't wear bacon cologne. If you put on...you know what? Screw it. Wear it. If you are the type of guy who is tempted to wear bacon cologne, it's not like you could get laid any less.

He nuzzled my neck, inhaling deeply. “Mmm. You smell so good.” “Oh, yeah,” I said, smirking. “I call this new perfume ‘Le Jungle grime et tropical BO.’ ” “Dirt and sweat. Very sexy.

No coffee is ever quite as good as it smells.

Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousands of miles and all the years you have lived. The odors of fruits waft me to my southern home, to my childhood frolics in the peach orchard. Other odors, instantaneous and fleeting, cause my heart to dilate joyously or contract with remembered grief. Even as I think of smells, my nose is full of scents that start awake sweet memories of summers gone and ripening fields far away.

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

In the past, I had particularly loved her smell. She always smelled freshed, freshly washed or of freshed laundry or fresh sweat or freshly loved

To make a perfume, take some rose water and wash your hands in it, then take a lavender flower and rub it with your palms, and you will achieve the desired effect

I think that when you look at a guy like Luke Harper you can see that he does in fact smell.

My son gave me a nice bottle of cologne - Eau de Owe.

In the dark beside me, she smelled of sweat and sunshine and vanilla.