Each little blade of grass shall be a green tree for me, each of your white petals a fragrant flower.

'Minutes later we' d smell sweet ­fragrance in the air.

Or if you are anything like me you might simply prefer to take the lid off and sniff the aroma.

In Algiers one loves the commonplaces: the sea at the end of every street, a certain volume of sunlight, the beauty of the race. And, as always, in that unashamed offering there is a secret fragrance.

My love came not, but her touch is in my limbs, and her voice comes across the fragrant fields.