A Perfume Enthusiast Reads Proust: The Perfumes of Odette de Crécy

Part One: Scents in the Writer's Life Part Two: Madeleine and a Few Other Things ____________________________ Holiday, James Tissot, 1876 In Marcel Proust's novel In Search of Lost Time, not only nature, food, and spaces, but people also possess distinct scents. The novel's protagonist mainly mingles with the wealthy bourgeoisie and aristocracy known as avid perfume consumers during Proust's ti...