Smell

Art That (Really) Stinks

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.17.2012

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Today we often spend more time covering up smells than we do experiencing them, but Belgian artist Peter de Cupere is exploring and exposing fragrance...

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Cara Santa Maria

WATCH: Can You Hear Colors, Taste Sound?

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.16.2012

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2012-04-05-Screenshot20120405at9.40.24AM.jpgSynesthesia is a fascinating neurological condition that causes an individual to experience perceptual information through a sense modality that is unlinked to its source.

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What Pleasantness Has To Do With The Way We Smell

| Posted 11.26.2011

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By Sarah Fecht (Click here for the original article) The nose has long been viewed as a disorganized sensory organ, its odor receptors strewn abou...

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For Men Only: Why Roses Work

Dr. Douglas Fields | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Smell, Valentine's Day, Women, Brain, Pheromones, Love, Valentine's Day Gifts, Saint Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day Roses, Valentine's Day Flowers, St. Valentine's Day, Healthy Living News
Dr. Douglas Fields

Not a pheromone, but the scent of a rose inflamed those loving spots in her brain, / Sharing chemicals with pheromones the rose ensures that love will not wane.

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This Perfume Wants You To Smell Like The Bowery

A Lower East Side Chronicle | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bond No. 9 continues its streak of bottling up neighborhoods and landmarks throughout the city for its loathsome "Scents of New York" campaign. In th...

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It's About Time

Jerry Zezima | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jerry Zezima

I was born more than three weeks past my due date and haven't been on time for anything since. In fact, I have such a reputation for tardiness that people have said I will be late to my own funeral, which is fine with me because I am in no big hurry to get there.

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Scientists At Work On Smell-O-Vision Device

The Daily Mail | Posted 05.25.2011

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Watching Nigella will never be the same again. Scientists are developing an astonishing gadget that releases evocative aromas to match the images on...

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Anosmia: the Quiet Killer

Bonnie Blodgett | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bonnie Blodgett

They don't give smell a second thought, is why. They take it for granted. How many of you have even heard of anosmia? I hadn't until I had it. And then I discovered another miserable side effect. It is invisible.

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Can You Smell What Palin Is Shoveling Now?

Malia Litman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Malia Litman

The very purpose of a PAC is to raise and spend money to elect candidates. But these filings are proof of the willingness of Ms. Palin to possibly use and abuse donors to her PAC.

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Oil Odors: If You Smell It, Is It Toxic?

Gina Solomon | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gina Solomon

So the question everyone is asking is: If you can smell the oil, is it toxic? The answer (unfortunately) is: "it depends".

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How Smells Affect Our Dreams

divinecaroline.com | : Allison Ford (View Profile) | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dreams, Dreaming, How to Sleep Better, Smell, Five Senses, Sleep Deprivation, Sleep Disorders, Sleep, Healthy Living News

Scientists have known for a long time that there's some kind of relationship between our dreams and the sounds and sensations happening around us and ...

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Can The Manipulation Of Smell Lead To Weight Loss?

nytimes.com | Abby Ellin | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Smell, Healthy Eating, Food, Weight Loss, Diet, Dieting, Healthy Living News

LIKE almost every dieter in America, Wendy Bassett has used all sorts of weight-loss products. Nothing worked, she said, until she tried Sensa: granul...

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What You Can Tell from a Man's Smell

Sara Davidson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Sara Davidson

Some men, I've found, are scent neutral - their smell is not pronounced or has no effect. But Billy's was like an aphrodisiac. It pulled me to him against my judgment and reason.

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Common Scents: Why Brides Carry Bouquets

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maggie Van Ostrand

Back in the 15th Century, most people got married in the month of June because they took their yearly baths in May and didn't smell too bad a mere month later.

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Friday Talking Points [57] -- End Of Prohibition 75th Anniversary Edition

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Brian Williams, NBC's talking head extraordinaire, is probably a decent guy, a guy with whom you could sit down and have a beer. [More on the alcohol...

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Space "Smells Like Steak And Metal," Astronauts Say

Times Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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Outer space smells like hot metal, fried steak and the welding of a motorbike, scientists suggest. A chemist is recreating the smell to help Nasa to t...

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