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Then I smell the sweat on him, a clean musky scent that I'd bottle and wear as perfume if I could.

Gayle Forman

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Gayle Forman
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 5
Writer
LA
California
Sweat
Smell
Wear
Clean
Musky
Perfume
Bottle
Scent
Bottles

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