Re: [silk] How to smell

>From “Seven Pillars of Wisdom” by T.E. Lawrence: …we had ridden far out over the rolling plains of North Syria to a ruin of the Roman period which the Arabs believed was made by a prince of the border as a desert-palace for his queen. The clay of its building was said to have been kneaded for grea

Re: [silk] How to smell

Speaking of smells, this is one of the best opening paragraphs that I have ever read in any novel. *IT WAS INEVITABLE: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love. Dr. Juvenal Urbino noticed it as soon as he entered the still darkened house where he had hurried

Re: [silk] How to smell

On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:16 PM Danese Cooper wrote: > > “This scent had a freshness, but not the freshness of limes or > pomegranates, not the freshness of myrrh or cinnamon bark or curly mint or > ― Patrick Suskind, Perfume The Story of a Murderer One of my favorite books! Thank you for the qu

Re: [silk] How to smell

“This scent had a freshness, but not the freshness of limes or pomegranates, not the freshness of myrrh or cinnamon bark or curly mint or birch or camphor or pine needles, not that of a May rain or a frosty wind or of well water... and at the same time it had warmth, but not as bergamot, cypress, o

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How interesting! I'm contemplating purchasing Harold McGee's Nose Dive myself but I'll definitely check out the links Udhay recommended. On Sat, 31 Oct 2020, 05:17 Thaths, wrote: > On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 9:06 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > Perhaps part of Cairo is. Just like the smell of part

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On Sun, Sep 29, 2019 at 9:06 PM Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Perhaps part of Cairo is. Just like the smell of part of Bangalore is > filter coffee with the acrid overtone of chicory at 6am. And other parts > might be grilling kebabs. Or the stink of the tannery. > Speaking of smells https://www

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On Mon, Sep 30, 2019 at 7:43 AM Shoba Narayan wrote: But my favourite paragraph on smells comes from Mahmoud Darwish on "What is > Lost." Is Cairo really > the > smell of mango and ginger though? Perhaps part of Cairo is. Just like the smell of p

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eplying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of silklist digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > >1. How to smell (Udhay Shankar N) > > > -- > > Mes

[silk] How to smell

(It’s the last part of 2019, and I am sending what I think is my first HTML mail to silk. Will wonders never cease?) I saw this very interesting article on “How to smell ”, which I append below. The parts that rang most true to me are: