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Smell is the most mental and evocative in our senses: it may bring back remembrances faster and with more immediacy than a photograph - so why could it be so little understood? Armed with a starving curiosity and a determination to self-experiment, publisher Barney Shaw goes into search of the invisible meanings of smells. Using plain words to spell it out what he detects, he investigates the chemistry, psychology, background and future of the underappreciated sense. Journeying around boatyards, perfume retailers and remembrances, Shaw starts your nasal to the globe, breaking down "chords" of smells into their component notes and through them disclosing new means of understanding the spots through which we move. An investigation in to the biology, psychology and background of smell, and a seek out effective ways to put into words scents that we instantly relate with but find strangely ineffable, The Smell of Fresh Rainwater includes a 200 access thesaurus of succinct descriptions of common smells.
