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Fernando Pessoa288
Portuguese poet, writer, literary critic, translator, publi… 1888–1935Related quotes
“Perfumes are the feelings of flowers.”
Heinrich Heine (1797–1856) German poet, journalist, essayist, and literary critic
Emil Nolde (1867–1956) German artist
in a letter to Nolde's friend, 1902; as quoted in Expressionism, a German intuition, 1905-1920, Neugroschel, Joachim; Vogt, Paul; Keller, Horst; Urban, Martin; Dube, Wolf Dieter; (transl. Joachim Neugroschel); publisher: Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York, 1980, p. 36
1900 - 1920
“Old women should not seek to be perfumed.”
Archilochus (-680–-645 BC) Ancient Greek lyric poet
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, first ebook edition, 2014
Attributed quotes
“Sensuality is woman: bring your perfume.”
Prevale (1983) Italian DJ and producer
Original: La sensualità è donna: porta il tuo profumo.
“Her perfume was a mixture of roses and tear gas.”
Rick Riordan book The Serpent's Shadow
Source: The Serpent's Shadow
“Perfume; Any smell that is used to drown a worse one.”
Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard (1927)
“Even flowers, to exhale their perfume, must die a little.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
Hasta las flores, para emanar sus perfumes, han menester morirse un poco.
Voces (1943)
“I seek new perfumes, ampler blossoms, untried pleasures.”
Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848–1907) French novelist and art critic
Source: Against Nature