Which preposition to use with fragrances

of Occurrences 343%

The fragrance of the orange and the jasmine was no longer lost to me.

in Occurrences 25%

yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace, Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face; Flowers laugh before thee on their beds, And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the Stars from wrong; And the most ancient Heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong.

from Occurrences 22%

And besides the fragrance from these local sources there were traces of scents brought from afar.

on Occurrences 12%

All human loves are counterbalanced by human hates; but there is a Love that admits of no opposite or reaction; divine and free from all taint of self, that sheds its fragrance on all alike.

to Occurrences 10%

Outside there were sweet lilies of the valley and violets and pansies, and the roses wafted long breaths of fragrance to her through the trellis work of the porch, while the morning glories hung their heads and blushed under the ardent kisses of the sun.

like Occurrences 6%

"Yet this one hath a fragrance like none other that hath ever blossomed on the festa of San Marcomy blessed patron!for I culled it from the garland which my mother bade her maidens for a token make about the table where thy portrait is displayed.

with Occurrences 5%

Jane Merrick sniffed the fragrance with evident enjoyment, and her sharp grey eyes sparkled as she allowed them to roam over the gorgeous expanse of colors spread out before her.

as Occurrences 5%

" He said a great deal more on the subject, and spoke so prettily and ingeniously, as almost to make a convert of me; when, on bringing my nose once more to the flower, I found in it the same exquisite fragrance as ever.

after Occurrences 5%

No more for him is rest, or peace, or bliss; still less the glories of his brighter days,the sight of glittering fields, the gems of heaven, without which "Neither breath of Morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower Glistering with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful evening mild,... is sweet.

about Occurrences 4%

But there is something like a fragrance about you, Nelly Lebrun.

through Occurrences 3%

She was a girl of old Japan; Her small hand held a gilded fan, Which scattered fragrance through the room; Her cheek was rich with pallid bloom, Her eye was dark with languid fire, Her red lips breathed a vague desire; Her teeth, of pearl inviolate, Sweetly proclaimed her maiden state.

over Occurrences 2%

Down by the river an alligator was sunning himself, and the resinous breath of the pine trees swept its aromatic fragrance over Louis as he lay at full length in a hammock with his hands behind his head.

behind Occurrences 2%

His sun set at noon; but his memory has left a sweet fragrance behind it, grateful to the surviving friends, who are called upon to follow his pious example.

for Occurrences 2%

(speaking the word as if she has left even that, but smiles a little) (ANTHONY takes Reminiscence, the flower she was breeding for fragrance for Breath of Lifeholds it out to her.

into Occurrences 2%

Here and there that woods harlequin, the madrone, permitting itself to be caught in the act of changing its pea-green trunk to madder-red, breathed its fragrance into the air from great clusters of waxen bells.

at Occurrences 2%

And before the evening was over, Jim had come within a hair's breadth of plunging over the cliff and confessing his admiration in terms so outright that Marianne would have closed up her charming gaiety as a flower closes up its beauty and fragrance at the first warning chill of night.

round Occurrences 2%

But give me the little violet which hides among the mosses, and yet is so sweet to look upon, and sheds its fragrance round it.

within Occurrences 1%

Were he still illusioned, that poem would never have wasted its aesthetic fragrance within such close confines.

along Occurrences 1%

Tall, stately teasels stand like sentinels along the way, and the balsamic tarweed spreads its fragrance along the outer edge.

by Occurrences 1%

The flowers have a strong smell, which is liked by most people, though to some disagreeable: expressed oils extract their fragrance by infusion; and water elevates somewhat of it in distillation, but scarcely any essential oil can be obtained from them: the distilled water, kept for a little time, loses its odour.

ob Occurrences 1%

"I tink de fragrance ob de salt water about dat cod fetch him soon," remarked Vingo, endeavoring to smooth his face into a proper state of sobriety.

out Occurrences 1%

In the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance (which was, in certain times and respects, a much gloomier period) this idea of the skeleton had a vast influence in freezing the pride out of all earthly pomps and the fragrance out of all fleeting pleasures.

towards Occurrences 1%

Most of the Rockets give forth greater fragrance towards evening.

under Occurrences 1%

Thy birch-woods exhale refreshing fragrance under their sober, bending branches; on the tree's white stem the harp shall hang: the North's summer wind shall whistle therein! TROLLHÄTTA.

Which preposition to use with  fragrances