The Smell Culture Reader
	Jim Drobnick, editor Oxford & New York: Berg, 2006, 442 pp. ISBN 1845202139, 978-1-845202-13-2 http://www.bergpublishers.com/

Smell is fundamental to experience but mired in paradox. Stigmatized as animalistic, it nonetheless feeds a vast fragrance industry. Considered ephemeral, scents have survived throughout the ages in a number of religious practices. From hygiene to aromatherapy, the foul to the fragrant, smell is shown here to be much more than an adornment or nuisance. The Smell Culture Reader demonstrates how essential scents are to sexuality, social status, personal identity and cultural tradition.

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