Searching for fragrance is a metaphor for striving for the best, with others’ support. This book celebrates His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Efi’s intellectual and cultural legacy to Samoa as he seeks and discusses the best of things Samoan or ‘the Samoan indigenous reference’. It was first compiled and published as a festschrift in commemoration of his seventieth birthday. Fourteen Samoan scholars reply, discuss the ideas, raise questions and celebrate the flourishing of indigenous Samoan culture.