If you are interested in the history of smell, one of the first book to touch upon the subject in the 80's is a highly recommended read: https://www.amazon.com/

If you are interested in the history of smell, one of the first book to touch upon the subject in the 80's is a highly recommended read: https://www.amazon.com/Foul-Fragrant-French-Social-Imagination/dp/0674311760 https://www.amazon.com/Foul-Fragrant-French-Social-Imaginati... The lack of smell pollution nowadays is something we really take for granted and the book is a nice reminder of how much of a luxury (although in other cases also a loss) that is.