# The Perfume of Eros — Character guide

> Key figures in The Perfume of Eros by Edgar Saltus.

- [Arthur Annandale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/arthur_annandale.md): Annandale belongs to the gilded circle that gathers for dinners and engagements, and he is engaged to Sylvia Waldron. Yet his attention drifts: he seizes on Orr's talk of Eros as the motor of the universe and resolves, s
- [Melanchthon Orr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/melanchthon_orr.md): Orr is the quiet, observant guest whose pronouncements on Eros, Psyche, and the perfume of love briefly transfix a jaded room. He speaks in aphorisms, then rises and thanks his hostess with the same composure, leaving ot
- [Royal Loftus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/royal_loftus.md): Loftus moves through the same fashionable rooms as Annandale and Orr, but his authority is personal and exacting. In Gramercy Park he instructs Marie on forks, forbids the word 'elegant,' and confesses his nightly habit 
- [Fanny](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/fanny.md): Fanny drifts between hotels, relatives, and borrowed quarters, yet arrives each season as if the city were made for her. She is Sylvia's oldest friend and foil: where Sylvia is clean and still, Fanny allures, her eyes lo
- [Sylvia Waldron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/sylvia_waldron.md): Sylvia lives in the house her family has occupied for six decades, a permanence that is phenomenal in New York and unremarkable to her. She is engaged to Arthur Annandale and asks Fanny to be her bridesmaid, even as Fann
- [Mrs. Price](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/mrs_price.md): Mrs. Price moves through the same social currents as Fanny and Sylvia, a figure of experience rather than debut. Her worldliness shadows Fanny's, suggesting the compromises and calculations that await the young. She matt
- [Marie Leroy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/marie_leroy.md): A woman whose name changes, linked to the central mystery.
- [Mrs. Loftus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/mrs_loftus.md): A member of the Loftus family, involved in the social dynamics.
- [Mr. Peacock](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/mr_peacock.md): A character who appears in the social circles of the main cast.
- [Marie Durand](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/marie_durand.md): A woman whose identity is questioned, possibly connected to Fanny.
- [Blanche](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/blanche.md): A narrator or focal character, providing perspective on events.
- [Mrs. Annandale](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/mrs_annandale.md): A relative of Arthur Annandale, part of the family dynamic.
- [Richard Harris](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/richard_harris.md): A character described negatively, involved in the plot's complications.
- [Miss Waldron](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/miss_waldron.md): A relative of Sylvia, appearing in the social context.
- [Mme. Machin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/mme_machin.md): A minor character, possibly a servant or acquaintance.
- [Lady Cloden](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/lady_cloden.md): A minor character, possibly a socialite or relative.
- [Signor Tambourini](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_perfume_of_eros_se/characters/signor_tambourini.md): A minor character, possibly a performer or acquaintance.

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