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" This scent had a freshness, but not the freshness of limes or pomegranates, not the freshness of myrrh or cinnamon bark or curly mint or birch or camphor or pine needles, nor that of a May rain or a frosty wind or of well water… and at the same time it had warmth, but not as bergamot, cypress, or musk has, or jasmine or daffodils, not as rosewood has or iris… “
— Jun 25, 2026 09:10AM
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shadesofpaint
is 22% done
“This scent was inconceivable, indescribable, could not be categorized in any way-it really ought not to exist at all. And yet there it was as plain and splendid
as day”
— Jun 25, 2026 09:11AM
as day”
shadesofpaint
is 22% done
“ This scent was a blend of both, of evanescence and substance, not a blend, but a unity, although slight and frail as well, and yet solid and sustaining, like a piece of thin, shimmering silk, and yet again not like silk, but like pastry soaked in honeysweet milk-and try as he would he couldn’t fit those two together: milk and silk”
— Jun 25, 2026 09:11AM
shadesofpaint
is 20% done
“ The odor came rolling down the rue de Seine like a ribbon, unmistakably clear, and yet as before very delicate and very fine. Grenouille felt his heart pounding, and he knew that it was not the exertion of running
that had set it pounding, but rather his excited helplessness in the presence of this scent. He tried to
recall something comparable, but had to discard all comparisons”
— Jun 25, 2026 09:09AM
that had set it pounding, but rather his excited helplessness in the presence of this scent. He tried to
recall something comparable, but had to discard all comparisons”