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Entries ranging from car interiors to coffeehouses

Posted by Robin on 28 December 2023 Leave a Comment

Now, three years on, Odeuropa has officially launched its products—a Smell Explorer search engine, which offers insight into how the past smelled, as well as how people described, depicted and experienced those smells, and the Encyclopedia of Smell History and Heritage, with entries ranging from car interiors to coffeehouses. Odeuropa also hosted a one-day Smell Culture Fair in Amsterdam on November 28 to share the overall project’s final results.

— Read more in A New [online] Encyclopedia Explores Europe’s Smelly History at Smithsonian Magazine. Hat tip to spiderplant!

What does Europe smell like?

Posted by Robin on 18 November 2020 2 Comments

A spot for the new Odeuropa project.

The pongs of the past

Posted by Robin on 18 November 2020 Leave a Comment

From the pungent scent of a cigar to the gentle fragrance of roses, smells can transport us to days gone by. Now researchers are hoping to harness the pongs of the past to do just that.

Scientists, historians and experts in artificial intelligence across the UK and Europe have announced they are teaming up for a €2.8m project labelled “Odeuropa” to identify and even recreate the aromas that would have assailed noses between the 16th and early 20th centuries.

— Read more in Scents of history: study hopes to recreate smells of old Europe at The Guardian (or, see University smells project to recreate historic industrial and perfumed aromas at BBC; Odeuropa awarded €2.8M grant for research project on European olfactory heritage and sensory mining at the Odeuropa site). Hat tip to Jiji!

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