...the “Scent and the City” exhibition, which asks visitors to discover four millennia of civilizations through their noses.

From historically significant scents such as saffron, frankincense and agarwood to contemporary scents such as cologne, linden trees and burning coal, more than 50 scents are on exhibit and can be visited until June 8 at ANAMED Gallery in Istanbul’s Beyoğlu district. The scents are drawn from literature, rituals, traditions and the economy, spanning a period of 3,500 years, from the Hittite, Ancient Greek and Roman civilizations to the Byzantine and Ottoman empires.

— The exhibit Scent and the City, at the Koç University’s Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (ANAMED) in Instanbul, includes a scent bar where visitors can create smell combinations using scent strips, and a scent map of Istanbul. Read more at ‘Scent and the City:’ Smelling an exhibition in Istanbul at Hurriyet Daily News, or visit the ANAMED website.