Smell Your Best, by Raul Thumm, article in Cosmopolis, January 1521:

Here is an excerpt from the catalog of AEMISTHES: Perfumes, Redolences, Essences, Pamfile, Zaccaré, Quantique. Each category is further amplified in the body of the catalog, with the nature and quality of the constituents exactly, even redolently, defined.

         Section I: Odors for Personal Use.

Beguilements:
  : For the sorcelment of a strange maiden
  : To induce a new gallant
  : To announce a triumph
  : To stupefy a noisy child
  : To welcome a lover
  : To hint at revulsion

In Solitude:

At Gatherings:
  : Small societies
  : Occasions of dignified circumstances
  : While discussing family secrets
  : At the god-yell
    --morning
    --evening
    --rogue
    --unpremeditated

At festivals:
  : Promenades
  : Revels
  : Tarantellas

        et cetera

         Section II: Ceremonial

Private Occasions:
  : For the house
    --various essences
  : For the lich-way
  : For the ancient tree
  : At water-tasting
    --morning
    --twilight

Public Occasions:
  : To lave the feet of the Zatcoon
  : To cast upon an imminent battlefield
  : To facilitate flight
  : To scent the wind
  : To welcome good fortune

        et cetera

What you should learn from the foregoing is plain: when you visit Zaccaré, don't wear perfume--you may find yourself involved in circumstances you didn't bargain for. The people of this fantastic and beautiful land are as sensitive to odors as the Sirenese are to music, and an apparently insignificant daub of scent affords an astonishing amount of information. As can be seen, every occasion requires its correct perfume, and a mistake will seem utterly ludicrous to the folk of Zaccaré. Unless advised by a local, go scentless. Better neutrality than gaucherie!

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