Comments on: Do you smell that? http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/11/do-you-smell-that.html A Community for Curious Minds who love History, its Odd Stories, and Good Reads Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:36:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Vicky Alvear Shecter http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2009/11/do-you-smell-that.html/comment-page-1#comment-3610 Vicky Alvear Shecter Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:23:09 +0000 http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/?p=2893#comment-3610 This post reminds me of something a high school teacher once said (yes, I can remember that far back). He told us that if we could magically transport to the past, we would faint within minutes from the smells of unwashed bodies, untreated sewage and god knows what else. I often wonder if the reverse is true--would the Parisians from the 1880s faint at our smells? Our perfumed soaps and detergents, pollution, gas emissions, plastics, etc. would likely overwhelm and gag them too. It's not often we get to consider the smells of different periods. This book sounds fascinating. This post reminds me of something a high school teacher once said (yes, I can remember that far back). He told us that if we could magically transport to the past, we would faint within minutes from the smells of unwashed bodies, untreated sewage and god knows what else. I often wonder if the reverse is true–would the Parisians from the 1880s faint at our smells? Our perfumed soaps and detergents, pollution, gas emissions, plastics, etc. would likely overwhelm and gag them too. It’s not often we get to consider the smells of different periods. This book sounds fascinating.

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