He waited by the counter, inhaling the keen reek of drugs, the dusty dry smell of sponges and loofahs. Lot of time taken up telling your aches and pains.

―Sweet almond oil and tincture of benzoin, Mr Bloom said, and then orangeflower water⁠ ⁠…

It certainly did make her skin so delicate white like wax.

―And white wax also, he said.