„Scents, like sounds, appear to influence the olfactory nerve in certain definite degrees. There is, as it were, an octave of odours like an octave in music; certain odours coincide, like the keys of an instrument. Such as almond, heliotrope, yariilla, and clematis blend together, each producing different degrees of a nearly similar impression. Again, we have citron, lemon, orange peel, and verbena, forming a higher octave of smells, which blend in a similar manner. The analogy is completed by what we are pleased to call semiodours, such as rose and rose-geranium for the half note; petty grain, neroli, a black key, followed by fleur d'orange. Then we have patchouly, santalwood and vitivert, and many others running into each other.”
— p. 45 —
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