Of our delight in smelling

“As for the tempting delight of sweet smells, I am not too much taken with it. When I miss them, I do not seek them; when I may have them, I do not refuse them: yet also ready always to be without them.” – AUGUSTINE (354-430)

Source:
Augustinus (1912). St. Augustine’s confessions II. London: William Heinemann, p. 163.