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TED Radio Hour
The Smell of the Battle of Waterloo
Carl is a scent historian. She works with other historians and artists and perfumers to bring smells to museums. In 2017, Carl reconstructed the smells characterized in Jan Villam-Pinaman's painting of the Battle of Waterloo. You will also see thousands of tiny soldiers, thousands of horses, weapons, some French captives, even some dead soldiers lying in the mud.
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