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Our Pungent History: Sweat, Perfume, and the Scent of Death (2016) (collectorsweekly.com)
16 points by ohjeez on Aug 24, 2018 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


One 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-voca...


This 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)


And any mention of Perfume wouldn't be complemete without mentioning the Nirvana song Scentless Apprentice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYPDJg9mz1g




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