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Olfactory Neuroscience & Sensory Wellbeing Resources

Resources on olfactory neuroscience, sensory engagement, and the role of scent in care, creativity, and human connection.

Smell is one of the most direct sensory pathways into memory, emotion, appetite, place, and identity. Yet it is often overlooked in education, design, wellness, and care settings. This resource page brings together research, essays, tools, and reflections on olfaction as a way to understand the brain, support meaningful engagement, and design richer human experiences.

Smell, Memory & Wellbeing

This work is not about claiming that scent can cure disease, replace clinical care, or produce universal emotional responses. Smell is personal, contextual, and culturally shaped. My approach treats scent as a tool for attention, expression, memory, conversation, and sensory engagement - not as a medical treatment.

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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