For every individual has not only its specific but also
its individual scent. The selection between the sexes, or what, in the
case of the human race, is called love, has its mainspring in the
odorous harmony subsisting in the two individuals concerned.
This individual scent--a variation of the specific odorous type--alters
(within the limits of its speciality) with age, with the particular mode
of occupation, with the sex, with certain physiological conditions and
functions during life, with the state of health, and last, but not
least, with the state of our mind.
It is to be remembered that every time protoplasm undergoes
disintegration, specific odours are set free. We have seen how
sulphuric acid, or heat, when boiling or roasting meat, brings out the
specific animal odour. But it is an established fact in science, that
every physical or mental operation is accompanied by disintegration of
tissue; consequently we are entitled to say that with every emotion
odours are being disengaged. It can be shown that the quality of those
odours differ with the nature of the emotion.
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