“We live in a world of smells, where only the absence of smell is remarkable.” – R.W. MONCRIEFF
Tag Archives: odormanagement
Scent Culture Initiative: Exploring scentscape of Zurich WCs
The City of Zurich operates 107 public bathrooms and restrooms. Scent Culture Initiative explored the scentscape of selected facilities. Using a semi-structured questionnaire a number of restrooms were identified as outstanding and hence labelled as “approved by scentculture”. Continue reading Scent Culture Initiative: Exploring scentscape of Zurich WCs
Smelly theory of private property
The genesis of private property has been a recurring theme in political philosophy since ancient times. In his essays on the five senses the French philosopher Michel Serres proposes a “smelly theory of private property”: Continue reading Smelly theory of private property
Criminalizing food odors in Italy!
Food odors frequently provoke and trigger public debate on olfactory tolerance. There is a current case on food odors in Italy.