"How many times a passing woman's dress, giving off the evaporated whiff of an essence, had whispered to him of long-faded events!"
Guy de Maupassant, Novelist.

"Perfume is ... 'that last and best reserve of the past, the one which when all out tears have run dry, can make us cry again!"
Marcel Proust, Novelist.

"A perfume must be more mysterious than a copy of something in nature. When a man sees a woman, he shouldn't think of a rose; he should think of that woman."
Perfume Jean Paul Guerlain on the philosophy of his grandfather Jacques Guerlain

"Perfume puts the finishing touch to elegance - a detail that subtly underscores the look, an invisible extra that completes a woman's personality. Without it there is something missing."
Gianni Versace.

"Two people can't maintain a relationship if the don't like each others smell."
Dr Susan Schiffman, professor of medical psychology, Duke University Medical Center, USA.

"A fragrance is like a dress, an expression of personality. It can be both erotic or powerful, or both, but it always combines femininity and sensuality."
Gianfranco Ferre, Designer.