Delawareonline has a review of the Scent is Life exhibit in Philadelphia. The exhibit is a collaboration between perfumer Christopher Brosius and scientists at the Monell Chemical Senses Center:
Another section, called “Interpretation,” shows how the same scent — a lily — can elicit different feelings and memories in different contexts. The first grouping of three scents evokes a field of lilies; the second, a perfume redolent with lilies; the third, an arrangement of lilies at a funeral…