Another writer said of his encounter with the plum's cool splendor and perfume: "I can only blame her beauty at our meeting" for so entrancing him that he did not notice the flower's scent at all. "Not until leaving did I find to my surprise that my whole body was bathed in scent" --only then did he realize the power of the plum's subtle fragrance.
也有人面對冷豔芳菲，道是「相逢只怪影亦好」，渾不覺香；等到「歸去始驚身染香」，才算真正領教了「暗香」的威力。