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From our mother's womb to the cemetery, how do smells accompany us throughout our lives? Can our sense of smell help us to survive? Do scents also pass away? This eleventh issue explores the close links between our noses and the notions of life and death.

Nez proposes to discover the world through our olfactory sensations, with a multidisciplinary approach: art, literature, photography, science, history, gastronomy, perfumery... To understand the essential role of the sense of smell in our lives.

Contents

THE NOSE ...
of shrinks
What is the olfactory environment of a therapist?

ICONS
They make good use of their nose and build the world of olfaction in their own way.

ODORAMA
Everything you always wanted to know about odours but were afraid to ask.
Cashmeran, a molecule with a skin tone
All about chamomile
Hair salon odours dissected

CORRESPONDENCES
Invisible, essential, scents accompany all fields of creation.

Colette, a cat in the valerian
Giverny, an extraordinary garden
Frédéric Marr, the chocolate maker
Masculinity(s), from Double séjour and Journal d'un anosmique
Portrait of a young woman known as "the European"
The olfactory chronicle of Céline Ellena

MAGAZINE

An exploration of the world of perfumes through its actors, its manufacturing secrets, its history.
Report: Tuberose in India
Interview: Christophe Laudamiel
Flashback: The 2010s
The imaginary shop

DOSSIER: LIFE AND DEATH
Exploration of the links between the sense of smell and birth, life and death through the prism of history, biology, anthropology, marketing, design and industry.

Encounter with a new nose: what does a baby smell, before and after birth?
From tender age to maturity: each generation has its own scent signature
Blood, sweat and guns: the unbearable scent of war
It stinks of death: corpses, embalming and other olfactory rituals
Perfumes die too: how to mourn the loss of a fragrance?
The legacy of the trail: can a perfumer survive through his creations?

PERFUME WORKSHOP

From consumer product to work of art: Nez goes behind the scenes of the industry and deciphers the 30 new products that are making the news.
Survey: all inclusive, perfumery facing inequalities
Genealogy: spicy notes
Brand portrait : Comme des garçons
Selection: Favourites & new products