Art and Perfume

Last night at the Memory Network , we explored the work of the neuroscientist Gordon Shepherd who has disputed the idea - regularly rehear...

Nearly every idea and scrap of information needed to write my book Scented Visions is already in my head, my doctoral thesis, my files or o...

An early concept design “Camera phones being as ubiquitous as they are, it’s common at any public gathering – firework display, festiva...

Whilst I was writing up my PhD Scented Visions: The Victorian Olfactory Imagination , I had the amazing fortune to be able to live onsi...

What are the key differences between a Phd thesis and a book? I'd love to know your thoughts on this. For a long time, I didn...

Imagine the aroma of roast chicken wafting into the living room, to remind you to get our of your arm chair and cook dinner, or  being lure...

“As perfume doth remain In the folds where it hath lain, So the thought of you, remaining Deeply folded in my brain, Will not leav...

My own paper at T he Society of Dix-Neuviémiste's conference on the Senses (held last week at Mary Immaculate College) explore...

Last week I spoke at the The Society of Dix-Neuviémiste's conference on The Senses, held in Limerick at Mary Immaculate College.  http...

Welcome to my blog about smell in Nineteenth-Century Art , and my journey towards transforming my doctoral research into an academic book,...