P. A. Vroon, Anton Van Amerongen, Hans De Vries
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Total reviews: 3
Average rating: 4.5 of 5
an intriguing look at an important but ignored subject 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 5 people found this review helpful.
This is a fascinating insight into our most basic, but most overlooked sense. Lots of basic factual information, which is clearly written and easy to understand, and lots of interesting and thought provoking material about how important our noses are in our daily lives. Quick reading - will liven up your next conversation.
an intriguing examination of our most under-rated sense 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
If given a choice of which sense one would least like to lose, smell would certainly rank last. Yet our sense of smell is our oldest and most basic connection to the world around us. We probably begin to smell our mother while floating in her womb, and may be attracted to our future mates by their odiferous-fingerprint. Vroon gives a readable survey of the anatomy and physiology of our olfactory organ, and explains the implications of its direct connection to the sites of the most basic impulses in our brains.
Editorial Review:
An author explores how some cultures have valued the sense of smell, while others have decried it as evidence of decadence or barbarism and others, such as our own, try to cleanse the air of any pungent smells at all."
