Penny Dreadful S01E04 (Demimonde)

Dorian Gray’s ode to perfumes.

As the embodiment of the aesthetic movement, of the idea of art for art’s sake, as the quintessiential dandy, it’s the character created by Oscar Wilde who sings one of the most interesting odes to perfumes and to the state of mind/attitude they are able to evoke.

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