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Our Pungent History: Sweat, Perfume, and the Scent of Death (2016)
- jihadjihad 8y agoOne interesting tidbit, linguistically speaking, is that very few words exist for smells while multitudes abound for other senses. The only one I can think of in English is "petrichor," the smell of the ground after a rain. A good companion piece to this one may be: https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/11/the-vocabulary-of-smell/414618/ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/11/the-voca...
- ofrzeta 8y agoThis can't be complete without a mention of Patrick Süskind's novel The Perfume, a book that "explores the sense of smell and its relationship with the emotional meaning that scents may have" (Wikipedia)
- PerryCox 8y agoAnd any mention of Perfume wouldn't be complemete without mentioning the Nirvana song Scentless Apprentice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYPDJg9mz1g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYPDJg9mz1g