Read the first part here: A Perfume Enthusiast Reads Proust: Scents in the Writer's Life. Marcel Proust, 1892 * * * Discussing the scents of the novel In Search of Lost Time, it's impossible to ignore the Proust phenomenon, also known as the "madeleine effect" -- even those who haven't read the novel are familiar with it. The essence of this concept is that sometimes the most insignificant ob...