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Tag Archives: Spikenard
Stench and the City
“.. there reigned in the cities a stench barely conceivable to us modern men and women. ….The rivers stank, the marketplaces stank, the churches stank, it stank beneath the bridges and in the palaces.” Perfume-The Story of a Murderer (Patrick … Continue reading
Posted in Dirt, history, London events, Scratch and Sniff
Tagged 1858, animal notes, asafoetida, Chamomile, civet, concept smells, cumin, Great Stink, indoles, Joseph Bazalgette, Nose sculpture, oudh, River Thames, sewage, Spikenard, The Big Stink, The London Dungeons, valerian
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In the forests of Sweden
A friend provided me an inspiration for a blend the other week, she has spent many memorable breaks in Sweden and loved the smell of the forests, with their cool, resinous, coniferous aromas. Having never been to Sweden I simply … Continue reading
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