“The perfumes of Albania. Evanescent Trails Suspended between East and West"

This brief essay, devoted to the expression of perfume in Albanian literature, is the result of a detailed research of mentions and references to essences in the pages of the vast literary production of this country in a period that goes from the early twentieth century to the end of the century. Even if very few writers dedicated their works of prose or poetry to perfume, smells or essences, the literature in question is full of pleasant surprises. The perfumes of this land are testimony to the cultural interweaving that characterizes Albania for its geographic position, at the crossroads between West and East, Europe and Asia.