It was during this trip, somewhere around Giverny, that I began to wonder if it would be possible to create an en plein air sniffing group — that is, an informal society of scent enthusiasts who would be happy and willing to sit outdoors, together, and inhale the air.
I was drawn to the simplicity of the project. Rather than lugging heavy and cumbersome easels, canvasses, paint boxes, and palettes, we would need nothing more than our own noses, a small notebook and pencil in which to jot down fragrance notes, warm clothing for cool days, straw hats for hot.
— Author Laurence Fearnley (aka Kanuka), in Sniff it: the novelist who wants to smell New Zealand at Newsroom.
Lovely article! But I am disappointed no one signed up for the sniff group. I would have!
Me too! I love smelling interesting things outside.
How wonderful! It makes me want to hop on a plane to New Zealand to join the sniff group. Since I can’t do that I will just have to read all of her books instead.
Delightful
The pictures are lovely and evocative.
I hope one day that I will be able to discern smells to that level of detail.
Lovely read. Thanks for sharing it here.