We are obsessed with our odour. We slavishly scrub off all that makes us distinct as members of a species, and then spray ourselves liberally with a homogenous fug of the latest mass-marketed musk. Jeremy Smith wonders why
Scent and sensibility: our obsession with odour Jeremy Smith | 1st November 2002 News Perfume Scent Fragrance Identity Consumerism Society SWEETEXCESS_NOV03_MAIN_1.jpg We are obsessed with our odour. …
You can ‘structurally adjust’ an economy in a matter of years, but it takes longer to destroy a culture. Heiner Thiessen reports from Senegal on the impact of imposing a Western cash economy on a traditional African barter society
… often dangerous disrepair. And it is true for cars and buses – a UK-style MOT would wipe out …