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Nag Champa: How an Incense Stick Became a Religion
A scent that needs no introduction and resists every explanation.
Florentine Iris: Three Years Underground for an Ounce of Butter
L'iris de Florence : trois ans sous terre pour une once de beurre
Jasmine Sambac: The Flower Picked Only at Night
Jasmin sambac : la fleur qui ne se cueille que la nuit
Synthetic vs. Natural: The False Trial That Is Impoverishing Perfumery
A particular species of fraud that thrives not on lies but on categorization.
Smell Training: How Covid Created a Scientific Discipline
A particular terror in losing a sense one had never given a thought to. Not blindness, which the imagination rehearses.
Phantosmia: When the Brain Composes Its Own Perfume
A woman in London, a former sommelier, who has not tasted a wine correctly since March 2021.
The Synesthetes Who See Smells
A woman in London, a research subject anonymized in the literature as “S.J.,” sees color every time she inhales.
Sillage: The Fluid Dynamics of an Invisible Trace
Un mot que la langue anglaise n'a jamais pris la peine d'inventer.