# Smell

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- Authors: [Bjorn Berge](https://www.bookquiver.com/bjorn-berge)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2026-07-01
- Genres: History

## Description

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, Bjorn Berge introduces us to twenty iconic scents--from blood and soil to the ocean--and invites readers to reflect on and reawaken their senses.

## Editions

### Smell

- Publisher: Reaktion Books
- ISBN: 978-18-3639-250-7
- Pages: 256
- Published: 2026-07-01
- Language: en_US