Some words recently culled from the book "Smell of Risk" by Huan Hsu. Chosen to remind us how scent really can be a powerful player in...

Aryballos in the form of three cockle shells, 6th century BC (Metropolitan Museum of Art) This week is an installation of Greek words...

Detail ‘5318008’, photo courtesy Kofi Paintsil and the artist Tasha Marks. This month is women’s history month, so we are paying aromatic...

Image courtesy Tessa Liebman: Methods and Madness Decay Dinner with Guerilla Science "Cured and Charred" quick cured mackerel; charred...

"Play keeps us vital and alive. It gives us an enthusiasm for life that is irreplaceable. Without it, life just doesn’t taste good."...

(image: Pietro Longhi, The Scent Seller, ca. 1741. Ca' Rezzonico, Venice) When it comes to words and perfume, generally the words are...

(image courtesy RedNoseDay.org) While Covid has been a worldwide disruptor, it has also slowed things down in a big way, which is a...

(Project Logo designed by Kate McLean ©Odeuropa, did you know there is a scent associated with this logo? Scent designed by Frank Bloem)...

Image courtesy of ©National Trust / James Dobson. Olfactory detective and heritage scientist Dr Cecilia Bembibre of UCL ISH conducting...

Much like the conundrum of how we smell, we humans also have no consensus on how we think. We do, however know that how we think is...

(excerpt from Nose Dive: A Book for the Curious Seeking Creative Potential Through Their Noses by Catherine Haley Epstein) Language...

It is curious to review the collection of words we have found thus far describing the olfactory landscape. Surprisingly there are few...