Word: smell
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Rose For Emily," in Collected Stories, William Faulkner. Just what is the secret of Miss Emily's past? And what exactly has become of her mysterious lover? And what, may we ask, is that orful smell coming from the attic of Miss Emily's... Wait a minute! Don't wanna give it all away, heh, heh. But this is a story to put chest on your hairs, and it beats plowing through Absalom, Absalom...
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, is a bold and bizarre exploration of sensual obsession. Set in 18th-century France, Perfume chronicles the rise of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, the world's greatest perfumer, gifted with the world's most incredible sense of smell...
...concocting the most popular fragrances in Paris is mere child's play for Grenouille, whose ultimate goal is to reproduce that "sweaty-oily, sour-cheesy, quite richly repulsive" odor that is human scent. Although Jean-Baptiste Grenouille is the greatest "smeller" in all the world, he has no body smell...
...Rhode Island farm. In one of many psychobiographical pole vaults, Herrmann says, "As soon as he could afford it, he began buying only the most expensive custom-made English clothes. They were so beautifully tailored they gave the impression their wearer had never suffered poverty, hardship and the terrible smell of thousands of chickens dying." That Perelman's similarly attired literary colleagues were not all fleeing from the aroma of guano is irrelevant; once the feather complex has been formulated, all facts must bend...
Eventually, sometime during the journey to Vermont, the smell of a leaf fire will reach...