Description: A fascinating natural and social history of our sense of smell—the chemistry behind it and the way it has affected our culture and psychology over the ages.

Condition: Hardbound in black cloth with title on spine. Pictorial dustjacket. Book is in new condition: clean, crisp,  tightly bound, and unmarked.

From the publisher’s promo:” A celebration of our olfactory sense.

The sense of smell is often linked to the dark, the antisocial, the primitive―the very opposite of modernity and progress. Today, we live in an almost odorless world, where everything is reduced to images. Yet smell plays a vital role in how we relate to others and our surroundings, forming our experiences and our memories. Tracing a history of smell from the first ancient cities through medieval plagues and the Industrial Revolution to the present day, this book is a tribute to the sense of smell in all its beauty and disgust. Along the way, Bjørn Berge introduces us to twenty iconic scents―from blood and soil to the ocean―and invites readers to reflect on and reawaken their senses.”

Chapter titles: Preface Introduction; The Midden: The Smell of Safety;  A Feast for the Senses: The Smell of Pleasure;  Heavenly Pastures: The Smell of Salvation;  A Man's World: The Smell of Condemnation ; The Devil's Breath: The Smell of Corruption ; The Musk Deer: The Smell of Deception;  The Liberated Gut: The Smell of Happiness;  Enter the Eye-Man: The Smell of Reason;  Soda and Sulphuric Acid: The Smell of Prosperity;  The Sweat of the Earth: The Smell of Fear;  The Cast-Iron Plant: The Smell of Class;  Damp Cows and Shallow Graves: The Smell of Confusion;  Alabaster Brows: The Smell of Longing;  Interview with a Billy-Goat: The Smell of Denial;  The Battlefield: The Smell of Insanity;  Love Apples: The Smell of Lust; White Sheets: The Smell of Purity;  The Blood of an Englishman: The Smell of the Unknown;  Hygienic Equivalents: The Smell of Nothing;  The Scent Organ: The Smell that Remains;  Afterword;  References; Bibliography; Acknowledgements

Biographical Note: Bjorn Berge is an architect and author. His books include The Ecology of Building Materials (2000) and Nowherelands: An Atlas of Vanished Countries, 1840-1975 (2017) .

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