perfume
The sweet smell of success: the story behind Chanel No 5’s popularity
This is a curious book, by turns profound and whimsical. Karl Schlögel, a professor of Eastern European history at Frankfurt,…
Where are the scents of yesterday? Entire countries have lost their distinctive smell
Michael Bywater wonders why the existence of smell still seems such a guilty secret
Dear Mary: I don’t want perfumed people to hold my baby
Q. Is there a polite way of not letting someone hold your baby? I love giving mine to people to…
