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Here, the seducer savors the girl child: "So much beauty, with no adornments except cotton underclothes ... no scent except the slightly russet fragrance of the hair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Cornucopia | 1/9/1984 | See Source »

...sweet smell of success now comes in a bottle. For the chief executive officer or those who merely aspire to corporate distinction, a Cleveland firm is manufacturing a men's cologne at $45 per 4-oz. flask called-what else?-C.E.O. The scent is said to be "gracious. When you get in this class you want something that whispers." Next: Ms. C.E.O., a fragrance the company plans to sell to top ladies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Odds & Trends: Dec. 19, 1983 | 12/19/1983 | See Source »

Hudson Maxim, who suggested that for pest control, boll weevil males might be lured into traps with the scent of females of the species. Years were to pass before sex-lure pheromones were taken seriously by entomologists...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Frontiers of Science 1980: A whole series of giant leaps for mankind | 10/5/1983 | See Source »

...their new lifestyles because they were too delirious to do otherwise. Weak from overwork and malnutrition, they could only focus their attention on food and day-by-day survival. Together they conjured up imaginary servings, as if the words alone could nourish them. While a nearby campfire or a scent in the air triggered memories of childhood meals. Lien says she actually grew to believe: "If I have one good meal, I fall down on the ground and die happy...

Author: By Margaret Y. Han, | Title: Is Ignorance Bliss? | 9/26/1983 | See Source »

...even closer when she discovered they enjoy being tickled. Such proximity yielded intimate details. Individual animals can readily be identified by their noses; no two have the same shape. Silver backs exude two distinct odors. One smells like a human locker room. The other, a pungent fear scent, is released by glands in the armpit. From the author's descriptions, family life resembles a picnic on the grass. Hulks shamble off to nibble vegetation or lie about contemplating their toes. "Naoom, naoom" is the low, belching sound of a contented gorilla...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Under the Volcanoes | 8/15/1983 | See Source »

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