Septimus
Americannoun
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Septimus Piesse, a 19th-century chemist, translated sounds into smells, proclaiming an “octave of odors,” the authors explain, “with correspondences between notes and scents providing the basis for harmonious olfactory combinations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
The landowners sold the site in 1926 to Septimus Wray, a pleasure garden entrepreneur who began opening the caverns to visitors.
From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2024
“In particular, fatigue and loss of taste and smell can persist beyond the period of contagion,” Septimus wrote recently.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022
In a July 5 Slate Plus, Laura Miller misspelled the character Septimus Harding’s last name.
From Slate ● Jul. 8, 2016
Septimus would have answered her, but his jaw muscles were clenched, his teeth gritted hard together.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
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