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Listen Again: Breathe

TED Radio Hour

CHAPTER

Smell History - The History of Smelting

Karl verbiqe is a smell historian. He has sniffed mummies, antique apothecary cabinets and perfumed wigs. The amsterdam museum has a wig of an eighteenth century amsterdam mayor. Karl wanted to see if he could figure out which perfumes they might have used. When i inhaled that smell, i just felt emotional. I was transported back in time immediately. It's like old factory javos in some ways....

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