Your host, former restaurant cook and cooking teacher, Irene Plax, has always noticed aromas before other people. Whether that’s you, or you’re the complete opposite, this podcast is for you. We investigate the psychology behind how smells touch every one of us, including those with smell loss or dysfunction, across a surprising number of industries. Expert scientists, perfumers, herbalists, futurists, chefs, artists, and more answer our burning questions about smell.
Smell is public yet private, an invisible link to our emotions and memories, and we don’t even think about it until it hits, or in some cases, disappears or changes.
Tuning into the smells around us is a form of meditation, a way to ground ourselves in the present and connect to the world around us. Many people think they have a weak sense of smell simply because there aren’t many words to describe their experience. Let’s build the conversation.
