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Since 1989 Panorama of Russia has specialized in academic and reference publications from the Russian Federation and the Commonwealth of Independent States.
Comp. by O.B. Vainshtein
Moscow: Novoe Literaturnoe Obozrenie, 2003 603 + 663 pp 2 v Serie: Kul`tura povsednevnosti Hardcover. 12.5 x 20 cm ISBN: 5867932400 (vol. 1) Language: Russian
How can smells be classified? What is the "Syndrome of Proust"? How are the best perfumes related to each other? This book, in two volumes, is a collection of articles about the role and place of smells in everyday life. Some of them were written for this book, others were chosen by the compiler. Contents: Theory of smell; Smells in psychoanalysis; Smells in the history of European culture; Smell, body, and hygiene; Smells in Russian culture; Smells in modern society; Perfumery as a profession; Reviews. Bibliography.
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