Kitten and the Falling Leaves Perfume

An olfactory portrait of crisp dry leaves and warm musky kitten fur.


See the kitten on the wall, sporting with the leaves that fall,
Withered leaves—one—two—and three, from the lofty elder-tree!
Through the calm and frosty air, of this morning bright and fair . . .
—But the kitten, how she starts; Crouches, stretches, paws, and darts!

First at one, and then its fellow, just as light and just as yellow;
There are many now—now one—now they stop and there are none;
What intenseness of desire, in her upward eye of fire!

-- William Wordsworth


Art: Cat with Tomato Plant by Hiroaki Takahashi, c. 1931