This odour of peach-blossom, my sickness, and the death of the two dogs, remained a wonder to me.

We take up the book after years of neglect, and the odour, which is not that of sanctity, is still perceptiblea potent reminder of the past.

"'How exquisite were our emotions while we enjoyed the glowing colours of the opening day, the odours of our shrubs, the concerts of our birds!

The odour which impregnated the whole surrounding atmosphere from these heaps was decidedly the worst and most asphyxiating I ever experienced.