Smell Quotes
On scent, memory, and what lingers.
These lines connect smell to memory and perception—an old observation that scent revives the past more vividly than almost anything else, a classic literary point about names not changing a thing's true nature, and even the idea that music, unlike smell, leaves no physical trace. It ties into our Feel theme.
My mum used Avon Skin So Soft oil when I was younger. She would have a bath, and then the smell used to fill the whole house.
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What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Always Quotes
Nothing revives the past so completely as a smell that was once associated with it.
Dogs are mute and obedient, but they have watched us and know us and can smell how pitiful we are.
Elephants are very sensitive to smell and they tend to recognise us by our body odour.
Bread Quotes
I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera.
Debussy is one of the few composers who actually created a new sound on the piano - or perhaps we should say a new smell, so perfumed are the vibrations which emanate from the instrument.
The smell of onion is the most effective thing for relieving stinging eyes irritated by tear gas.
Feel Quotes
Without sulfites, wine may smell and taste funky or re-ferment in the bottle. Many distributors and shop owners are consequently reluctant to stock wines made without sulfites.
My studio is not arty. It doesn't smell of turpentine, and I'm not knee-high in paper.
