Overscented

[…] he was very ready to go and see her whenever summoned by one of her overscented notes, the odor of which was quite hateful to Mrs. Bulliman.

She admired Louis Lambert, Le colonel Chabert, Cesar Birotteau, and Eugénie Grandet, but she had a lively distaste for the overscented salon stories such as La femme de trente ans,

“Ladies love Armani,” he said, sauntering toward the interview rooms. “Ladies love oxygen, too,” I said, following in his overscented wake.