The historical significance of smell

Name: The historical significance of smell
Uploaded: 2019-03-01T23:16:51Z
Duration: 11 min 9 s
Description: Historian Caro Verbeek explores the link between smell and human history — traveling from the courts of ancient Egypt to the wig shops of 1700s Amsterdam — to illustrate the fascinating role scents play in art, architecture and culture.

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Caro Verbeek |

TEDxGroningen

• April 2016

Historian Caro Verbeek explores the link between smell and human history — traveling from the courts of ancient Egypt to the wig shops of 1700s Amsterdam — to illustrate the fascinating role scents play in art, architecture and culture.