The next day, he walked the city and savored the smells of incense, cumin, cinnamon, hot peppers, eucalyptus wood, and new leather. He studied the buildings of Art-Deco and Middle-Eastern Maruesque styles. Once under the auspices of the French, Casablanca still maintained a bit of French influence that had blended over the years with the dominant Islamic and Berber cultures. Signs were written in Arabic with French and English beneath. The new city had grown around the old town center which now sported a wonderful, ethnic marketplace.
At one vendor booth, Ross glanced through thick racks of scarves and traditional caftan clothing, shawls and table runners. He picked up her scent, that of her jasmine, lily and orchid perfume, a very different, sultry scent from the smells of wool and
