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"Avery Gilbert gives us an insider-view of the science and culture of smell with an enormous breadth of knowledge. We know so little about our sense of smell; the facts are simply fascinating and sometimes hilariously funny. The reader travels to the inner sanctum of the world of fragrance with an erudite, witty and opinionated guide. I loved it!"
--Mandy Aftel, author of "Essence and Alchemy, Aroma, "and" Scents and Sensibilities" and revered natural perfume guru
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""A fascinating exploration of our most mysterious and mythologized sense, written with the precision of a scientist and the flair of a natural story-teller. You'll never think of perfume (or Proust) quite the same way again."
--Jack Turner, author of "Spice
""What a nose-opener! Straight from the horse's snout, this is a pithy tour of the smellable realm, led by one of its experts. Gilbert guides readers through a universe of odors that can reel you back to your fourth-grade playground or raise up your lunch. Page after page, he amazes: Vanilla-scented butterflies? Corpses that smell, predictably on day seven, of wet fur and old leather? Dried codfish scent dispersed in a maritime museum? I was anosmic, but now I smell!" --Hannah Holmes, author of "Suburban Safari" and "The Secret Life of Dust"
"The delightful and erudite Avery Gilbert employs his multidisciplined talents as scientist, humanist, and fragrance-industry innovator to present fascinating facts with wry humor. The marvelous "What the Nose Knows" is likely to remain the authoritative popular source on the art and science of scent for a long time to come."
--Richard Restak, MD, author of "The Naked Brain: How the Emerging Neurosociety IsChanging How We Live, Work, and Love"
"Avery Gilbert gives us an insider-view of the science and culture of smell with an enormous breadth of knowledge. We know so little about our sense of smell; the facts are simply fascinating and sometimes hilariously funny. The reader travels to the inner sanctum of the world of fragrance with an erudite, witty and opinionated guide. I loved it!"
--Mandy Aftel, author of "Essence and Alchemy, Aroma, "and" Scents and Sensibilities" and revered natural perfume guru
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""A fascinating exploration of our most mysterious and mythologized sense, written with the precision of a scientist and the flair of a natural story-teller. You'll never think of perfume (or Proust) quite the same way again."
--Jack Turner, author of "Spice
""What a nose-opener! Straight from the horse's snout, this is a pithy tour of the smellable realm, led by one of its experts. Gilbert guides readers through a universe of odors that can reel you back to your fourth-grade playground or raise up your lunch. Page after page, he amazes: Vanilla-scented butterflies? Corpses that smell, predictably on day seven, of wet fur and old leather? Dried codfish scent dispersed in a maritime museum? I was anosmic, but now I smell!" --Hannah Holmes, author of "Suburban Safari" and "The Secret Life of Dust"
"The delightful and erudite Avery Gilbert employs his multidisciplined talents as scientist, humanist, and fragrance-industry innovator to present fascinating facts with wry humor. The marvelous "What the Nose Knows" is likely to remain the authoritative popular source on the art and science of scent for a long time to come."
--Richard Restak, MD, author of "The Naked Brain: How the Emerging Neurosociety IsChanging How We Live, Work, and Love"
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