Aromatics Quotes

“He asked me a lot of questions about my recipes, wanted to see my kitchen, my garden, was amazed when I showed him my cellar with its shelves of terrines and preserves and aromatic oils (walnut, rosemary, truffle) and vinegars (raspberry, lavender, sour apple),”
― Joanne Harris, Five Quarters of the Orange

“Essential oils are popular aromatics for scenting a space or setting a mood, but they can be so much more beneficial to our health.”
― Amy Leigh Mercree, Essential Oils Handbook: Recipes for Natural Living

“First, the aromatics.
Soon the kitchen was filled with the scent of freshly chopped fennel, garlic, herbs, orange peel, thyme, and aniseed. At least it smelt like food now. I felt a little better.
Next, the chopped tomatoes.
The Marmande tomatoes are beefy and large, with flesh that yields mostly texture, and few seeds. Their scent is deep and fruity, like damsons steeped in rich red wine.”
― Joanne Harris, Vianne

“The cold scent of marble, a faint whiff of sulfur from ancient Paris limestone, beeswax candles burning, worn oak pews. The must of old prayer books bound in butter-soft calfskin, holy incense arcs through the air. A waft of roses and lilies from the flower markets nearby. The secret mistress at the funeral; beneath her black veil, a slash of scarlet lips against white skin.
Top notes: cloves, black pepper, pink pepper, something floral (?), bitter orange. Middle notes: rose, violet, jasmine (to evoke the Madonna lily). Base notes: frankincense, tuberose, vanilla, labdanum, vetiver, cedar, amber.”
― Christine Wells, The Lost Perfumes of Paris