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We lift the lid

Posted by Robin on 6 April 2024 Leave a Comment

Smell is a powerful sense that can evoke memories and spark emotional connections. And it's increasingly big business.

In this programme, we lift the lid on the multi-billion dollar fragrance industry; finding out how scent can influence customer behaviour, build teams, and even help to sell houses.

— You can listen to The business of scent at BBC World Service's Business Daily (18 minutes). Hat tip to AnnE!

Vile, metallic phantom smells

Posted by Robin on 20 June 2010 17 Comments

Bonnie Blodgett, author of Remembering Smell: A Memoir of Losing — and Discovering — the Primal Sense, talks to NPR about the smell hallucinations and anosmia that resulted from using Zicam nasal spray. You can listen here. Many thanks to Joe for the link!

Liquid emotion

Posted by Robin on 17 May 2010 9 Comments

Michael Edwards of Perfume Legends: French Feminine Fragrances and Fragrances of the World 2010 talks to Richard Fidler as part of the Conversations series from Brisbane’s 612 ABC.

You can listen here…

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Find out what is going on inside the perfumer’s mind

Posted by Robin on 12 April 2010 4 Comments

Will Andrews of the Fragrance Creation Team at Procter & Gamble will be giving a talk, The science of scent: Adventures in a creative mind, at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London…

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Artwork for the nose

Posted by Robin on 8 April 2010 4 Comments

Radio Netherlands Worldwide talks briefly to Serge Lutens, Jean-Claude Ellena and Thorstein Biehl in the radio show Enjoying the scent-uous experience of perfume as artwork for the nose. About 5 minutes long. Many thanks to Alison for the link!

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