Excerpt: The temperature was cool and the air was scented with formaldehyde, that acrid deodorant for the deceased.
They would soon join the frenzied expat parties in private clubs, where gallons of champagne were drunk on humid nights scented with tropical flowers and jazz bands played until dawn under the slowly beating fans.
On a more theatrical note at the Sofitel New York in the Theater district Chef Sylvain Harribey serves Hudson Valley foie gras "Au Torchon", its secret is it is scented with cognac, fig puree and black sea salt and served with a toasted home-made brioche.
And 26-star Michelin chef Joel Robuchon is the gastronomic brains behind Air France's carte de jour for business-class passengers, with dishes that have included Basque shrimp and turmeric-scented pasta with lemongrass.
Also worth a try is the Pere Jacques, a Belgian-style abbey ale with caramel notes, while hop-lovers should sample the Revolution Double Fist, a faintly pine-scented pale ale with a hefty 8% alcohol content.
Newcomers are greeted with a Ylang-Ylang scented cold towel to refresh and revive, along with a bottle of local white rum to concoct a welcome cocktail.
Between bites of coriander-scented lamb or squab with foie gras, take in the iconic Wrigley Building clock tower and Tribune Tower through the 30-foot floor-to-ceiling windows.
The 2012 Cloudy Bay has all the lime-scented grapefruit I love, with an added layer of rich, lip-smacking mouth-watering deliciousness.
Once you have shopped within a whisker of your luggage allowance, grab a Lebanese mezze lunch outdoors at Cafe Layali Zaman on the Corniche (look for the "Baguette" sign), where the hummus is perfectly garlicky, the baba ganoush a smoky, aubergine dream and you might choose to accompany your Arabic coffee with a sweet-scented shisha water-pipe.
In 1940, Hutton arrived in Hollywood, then a relatively small orange-tree-scented town, and signed a contract with Paramount the following year.
That room is backed by a gleaming open-plan kitchen that turns out what's best described as fresh gourmet farmhouse fare (lamb cutlets with pistachio pesto, lemon-scented veal meatballs).
Or surrounds you with barefoot power guests and herb-scented Mediterranean breezes?
The coltish Croft had the ball knocked from his grasp as he tried to dive over in the corner but the Tigers had scented Twickenham and they booked their passage to London with a third try.
Yet other characters maintain order by softly hitting or splashing the audience with water, while a young girl throws scented powder into the audience.
The train is expensive but lives up to what you dream a train journey could be, with sumptous tables draped in white linen, pisco sours, scented towels and fantastic food.
Wander along the main thoroughfare with people from all over the world, through clouds of scented tobacco smoke, past tacky souvenir shops for tourists that trade right next to bulk foodstuff shops for locals, and stop at a random cafe table for a spot of sweet black tea and people watching.
As we head back out into the paddy fields, he lights a clove-scented cigarette and points to the shadowy, still-active volcano that shares its name with him - Gunung Agung, the tallest, most sacred mountain on Bali, from which rivers are said to flow and the volcanic soil gains its rich fertility.
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