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Pongs of praise: the history and importance of smell for our antisceptic age
That a modern obsession with hygiene has taken smell from us, as have contemporary furnishings, are key takeaways from two books containing reams of delightful facts on all matters olfactory
O Rose thou art sick
Choosing to smell of something other than ourselves, and then perhaps in time coming to view that fragrance as ‘our’…
