PERFUMES OR ODOURS OF ANIMALS 



him, and even they, perhaps, like their fellows who rolled 

 in the muck, only wanted to perfume their jackets — there 

 is no accounting for taste. That we should seek some 

 powerful perfume, and that the extensive use of scents 

 should be almost universal, is not a matter of surprise, 

 because, imperfect as our nasal organs may be, to those 

 whose habits of cleanliness are as part of their existence, 

 when mixing with a crowd of their own species who 

 neglect or seem to prefer remaining unwashed, the almost 

 painful sensation and consciousness of filth is intolerable, 

 and the highly-sensitive person cannot help feeling de- 

 graded at being compelled to remain in an atmosphere 

 that almost stifles and chokes him. 



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