"In virtue, nothing earthly could surpass her, Save thine "incomparable oil," Macassar!"

"And the ripe harvest of the new-mown hay Gives it a sweet and wholesome odour."

"I cannot talk with civet in the room, A fine puss gentleman that's all perfume."

"A woman’s perfume tells more about her than her handwriting."

"And ever since then, when the clock strikes two, She walks unbidden from room to room, And the air is filled that she…"

"Look not for musk in a dog's kennel."

"A stream of rich distill'd perfumes."

"Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Arabie the blest."

"An amber scent of odorous perfume Her harbinger."

"And all Arabia breathes from yonder box."