Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
Iain BanksChildhood is measured out by sounds and smells and sights, before the dark hour of reason grows.
John BetjemanRatso Rizzo: Frankly, you're beginning to smell and for a stud in New York, that's a handicap.
Midnight CowboySam: [Sniffs twice] You smell like perfume. Suzy: Oh, it's my mother's! Sam: Hm! Hm!
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