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The power of olfactory perception

Posted by Robin on 7 January 2009 4 Comments

The power of olfactory perception to suggest and evoke, to trigger an association or a faraway memory, enables every aromatic essence to create its own world, enveloping us in a private realm of impressions and images, harmonies and desires. Manipulating our most intimate sense, the parfumeur becomes the architect of emotional spaces, a painter on the canvas of imagination, a sculptor in an intangible material that works at the deepest level of sensibility.

— From Scents and Sensibility, an article at France Today about the Osmothèque perfume museum in Versailles.

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Tagged With: osmotheque

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  1. Anonymous says:
    7 January 2009 at 1:01 pm

    Next time I am in Paris, I am going!

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  2. Anonymous says:
    7 January 2009 at 1:37 pm

    Do! And give us a full report! I would love to go…

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  3. Anonymous says:
    7 January 2009 at 6:30 pm

    Perhaps we could think about a group tour….Seriously!

    I know the logistics could be something to work out, but why not at least give it some serious thought?

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  4. Anonymous says:
    7 January 2009 at 10:16 pm

    I think Sniffa might have gone there? If not, I'm sure they will!

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