Olfactory Neuroscience & Sensory Wellbeing Resources

What Would It Mean to Design With Smell?

We design buildings for the eyes. Increasingly, we design them for the ears too: acoustic...
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Beyond Aromatherapy, Part Two: Does Lavender Actually Calm You?

Somebody hands you a little vial of lavender oil and tells you to breathe. Your...
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How to Facilitate a Smell Session Ethically

Most of what I could write about running a smell session is technique: how to...
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Beyond Aromatherapy: What Olfactory Engagement Actually Means

If I tell people I work with smell (not perfume), the word that comes back...
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How to Smell

I made a little guide (attached to this post) that walks you through smelling perfume...
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Smell, Memory, and the Brain: A Plain-Language Introduction

There is something peculiar that happens when you open a jar, a shoe box, or...
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