05 Jan Salon: Digital Smell Has Arrived. Are We Ready for Stinkygram?
Posted at 16:17h
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Some research suggests that “olfactory training” — practicing to improve your olfaction, or sense of smell — can actually improve your cognitive abilities. So in the interest of self-improvement, I open my pack of what look like markers and sniff at them one by one. I get whiffs of citrus, lavender, driftwood. From a marker enigmatically labelled “hairy,” I register a greasy smell. From another, ominously labelled “barnyard/fecal,” comes the distinct smell of ass.
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