Dust and the scent of her shampoo in his nose.
The air was filled with dust and the scent of cleaning materials.
They just go on and on, and then one morning in Dave's Blue Room, they crumple into a little heap of Nylon, Max Factor cosmetics, and scented dust.
Looking at Silvy's daybooks – effectively the day's rushes – in the National Portrait Gallery, scented dust emitting from between their pages, one senses the sheer pressure of numbers, sitters pouring through the studio with their fashionable clothes and period looks.
Papers were strewed everywhere, and the scent of dust lingered in the air.
Charcoal smoke from street-corner soup kitchens wafted by, mixing with a briny, chemical-sweet scent of dust and chaos.
Scrub the floors and windows, polish special items, dust different rooms, burn scented candles to make rooms smell nice and vacuum the place.
We inhaled the scent: tobacco, mold, dust.
The stench it produces bears no resemblance to the delicate scent of truffles dusted over risotto, or the aroma of truffle oil wafting from scrambled eggs.
For the company's shattering version of The Rite of Spring in the mid-70s, Borzik covered the stage with peat, which stained the dancers' costumes and bodies – and filled the opera house with the scent of mud and dust.
