Description: This text argues that smell is repressed in the modern West, and its social history ignored. It attempts to break the "olfactory silence" of modernity by offering an exploration of the cultural role of odours in Western history and in a wide variety of non-Western societies.
Review Quotes:
`One of the most common ritual uses of odour across cultures is to combat illness, ' write the authors of Aroma' - Glasgow Herald
`Aroma is a fund of stimulating stories and has obviously been well researched.' - Times Higher Educ Supplement