"I find fragrance to be such a mood enhancer and definitely a seduction tool. "
Christina Aguilera (source: Brainy Quote)
"The perfumes are the feelings of the flowers."
—Heinrich Heine, German poet, satirist, journalist
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"When I find something I love, I douse myself in it."
Erika Bearman, Oscar PR Girl
"Charisma is the fragrance of soul. "
Toba Beta (author; source: Good Reads)
"Traditional fragrance marketing is all about everything that’s not the perfume. It’s the bottle, the packaging, the boy and the girl and the name and the designers. It’s about a dream, walking at midnight in some Japanese garden. I believe this is very effective for the majority of people who are going to buy their first bottle of perfume. [But] it is extremely ineffective in terms of consumers buying the second bottle. The second bottle is the juice."
—Chandler Burr, fragrance expert (SOURCE: WWD)
"In France, 170,000 bottles of perfume are sold every day."
Chandler Burr in The Perfect Scent
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""No elegance is possible without perfume. It is the unseen, unforgettable, ultimate accessory.""
Gabrielle Coco Chanel
"A women who doesn't wear perfume has no future."
Gabrielle Coco Chanel/SOURCE: www.brainyquote.com
"A day with great fragrance is simply a better day."
Mark Crames, CEO, Demeter Fragrances (June 5, 2012)
"Ladies, a man will never remember your handbag, but he will remember your perfume."
Olivier Creed/@CREEDboutique
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"A fragrance is like a signature, so that even after a woman leaves the room, her fragrance should reveal she's been there."
Oscar de la Renta
" You should put scent where you like to be kissed."
Catherine Deneuve
"A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting."
—Christian Dior
"A fragrance is like a cat burglar in your brain, it has the key with which to pick the lock and unleash your memories."
Roja Dove
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"Smell is a word, perfume is literature."
Jean-Claude Ellena, perfumer to Hermès
"Happiness is a perfume you cannot pour on others without getting a few drops on yourself."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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"Beauty, unaccompanied by virtue, is as a flower without perfume."
French proverb (source: Think Exist)
"For sight, there is painting,
For hearing, there is music.
For touch, there is sculpture.
But what is there for smell?
I want to elevate fragrance into a work of art."
Shinzo Fukuhara, Shiseido president (1883-1948)
"Life is short, wear good perfume."
Deborah Fulsang
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"I felt something so intense, I could only express it in a perfume."
Jacques Guerlain
"What remains of a woman when she is in the dark? When she has undressed ...Only her charming voice and her perfume."
Jean-Paul Guerlain
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"The perfumes are the feelings of the flowers."
Heinrich Heine, German poet, satirist, journalist
"Some girls are just born with glitter in their veins. "
Paris Hilton
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"Fragrance is the first layer of dressing, a woman's invisible body suit."
Donna Karan
"Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent can trigger spiritual, emotional or physical peace and stimulate healing and wellness."
Donna Karan
"Perfume is not particularly conceived for either men or women. It is designed for one’s self; that is for every self.” "
Rei Kawakubo, founder Comme des Garcons
"For me, [perfume] is something to complete the look … like great underwear…No one can really see it but it makes you feel sassier and sexier."
Heidi Klum
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"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new perfume from Le Labo. Then later I realized God doesn't work that way so I stole one and prayed for forgiveness."
Le Labo (SOURCE: LE LABO, BARNEY'S NYC, SEPT. 2012)
"Childhood smells of perfume and brownies."
-David Leavitt, author (SOURCE: www.brainyquote.com)
"Take existence and add a touch of je ne sais quoi. A condiment, a fragrance. A little charm. Without that charm, that little something, life is not worth living. Don't you see?"
Henri Lefebvre
"To create a perfume you have to be the servant of the unconscious. Each idea evolves and transforms, but there should be a surprise with each note. "
Serge Lutens
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"We can be tricked by what we see and hear but not by what we smell. "
Madonna
"For a scent to be a real perfume, it must come out of your pores, it must have this dimension. All the classics share this common element."
Frederic Malle
"I wish we could see perfumes as well as smell them. I'm sure they would be very beautiful."
L.M. Montgomery, Anne of the Island
"I want something mouthwatering and tasty which reminds me of childhood. The scent of a fairground, candy floss, little cakes, chocolates and caramels."
Thierry Mugler
"Perfume must not be linked just to fashion because that means that one day it will go out of style."
Thierry Mugler
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"The beautiful perfume is that which gets a shock to us."
Edmond Roudnitska
"I love to smell like roses, literally all day!"
Rachel Roy, fashion designer
"Perfume is like a parenthesis, a moment of freedom, peace, love and sensuality in between the disturbances of modern living."
—Sonia Rykiel
"Perfume is to be worn, like a second skin against your flesh, under a sweater. Perfume follows you, it chases you and lingers behind you. It's a reference mark. Perfume makes silence talk."
Sonia Rykiel
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"The question that women casually shopping for perfume ask more than any other is this: "What scent drives men wild?" After years of intense research, we know the definitive answer. It is bacon. Now, on to the far more interesting subject of perfume. "
Tania Sanchez, Perfumes: The Guide
"Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower. "
Charles M. Schwab (source: Brainy Quote)
"Without perfume the skin is silent.
SOURCE: Ad for Comité Français du Perfume, 1980s "
Richard Stamelman in Perfume (Rizzoli, 2006)
"He who ruled scent ruled the hearts of men. "
Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
"Odors have a power of persuasion stronger than that of words, appearances, emotions, or will. The persuasive power of an odor cannot be fended off, it enters into us like breath into our lungs, it fills us up, imbues us totally. There is no remedy for it."
Patrick Süskind, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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"The beauty of fragrance is that it speaks to your heart... and hopefully someone else's."
Elizabeth Taylor
"You know, in life there’s perfume and there’s cologne. Cologne, you have to spray every fifteen minutes. Perfume, you put a drop and it lasts a week. You’re perfume."
Mario Testino (to model Kate Moss)
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"A perfume is an intimate object, it is the reflector of the heart."
Emanuel Ungaro