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The Blind Monk Who Carried a Civilization of Scent in His Hold
In the winter of 743 CE, a Chinese monk named Jianzhen stood on the bank of the Yangtze delta, looking at a ship loaded with...
The King of Nine Essences: A Seventeenth-Century Manual for Scenting a Room
Sultan Ibrahim Adil Shah II of Bijapur preferred to be called the King of Nine Essences.
Asmat Begum: The Mother-in-Law Who Invented Rose Attar
Asmat Begum : la belle-mère qui inventa l'attar de rose
Shesmu : le dieu à tête de lion du parfum et de l'exécution
Shesmu : le dieu à tête de lion du parfum et de l'exécution
Thyestes: The Oldest Named Perfumer Was a Civil Servant
The oldest named perfumer in European history was not an artist. He was a bookkeeping entry in a bureaucrat's ledger.
The Olfactory Wardrobe: A Case Against the Signature Scent
La garde-robe olfactive : plaidoyer contre le parfum signature
Le parfum comme autobiographie involontaire
You chose your fragrance this morning. Or you chose it years ago and have worn it since out of habit.
Clean: How Soap Became the Dominant Smell of the West
A smell most Westerners cannot identify as a smell. It is the smell of clean.