http://embryons.wordpress.com/2011/12/10/lapollonide-souvenirs-de-la-maison-close-bonello-2011/

It is a fact well-known that scent is a powerful trigger for arousal – not just of a sexual nature, but an emotional one as well. Memories, too, are inexplicably modulated by recurring scents, and a triggering scent often comes without the conscious recollection of a memory, leaving one in a nebulous state until realisation. It is no wonder then, that Bertrand Bonello’s L’apollonide is a evocation of this very sensuality, promising dreamlike delirium and corporeal fantasies. A strict narrative is entirely secondary, and the intention is to convey they sort of hazy atmosphere associated with plumes of opium smoke in the fin-du-siecle bordello.

(full thoughts at the link)