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Yeah, there s like a. there s a bit of a pong. laughs. there s, like, there s.there s a sort of like a gentle edge of a bit. bit animalistic as well. yeah, and what s really interesting is knowing the history, it smells like one smell masking another smell. yeah. but it s notjust a novelty. inga s keen to show me how the walking tours that are being planned can offer a whole new layer of historical detail. this is where the dutch east india company used to unload silks, spices, herbs and tobacco from all over the world. in the 17th century, there must have been a lot to smell. smell this scent that we also created. 0k. so, do i wave it? yeah, wave it under your nose. ooh! chuckles. maybe don t wave it too close! i mean, it s not great! it s not great, no! is that what the canal would ve smelled like here? ....
Scientists say there s a link between smell, memory and emotion. and now, they re using that connection to enhance our travels. in fact, one group has started amassing a library of historical smells, in an attempt to bring them back to life. the plan is to use them in museums, and on walking tours. may i.may i come behind here? yeah, yeah, yeah, come, come, come! what an incredible place! yeah, isn t it wonderful? is this all original? it s more of a drug store, you might say, between grocery and the apothecary. the project s not based in amsterdam by accident. this city, inga argues, is a rich hunting ground for ancient pongs. so, i guess back then, amsterdam would have been quite a smelly place. absolutely! it was called the beautiful lady with the stinking breath because of the canals, ....
Just move it around a bit. people used to use dried roses, that was a lot. definitely floral. ..very popular. frankincense and jasmine. some ambergris. but there might also be i don t know if you can smell it let me check i ve got it here as well. sometimes it s a bit hard to find. there might also be, like, a bit of friction in there, so some of that leather still kind of comes through sometimes. there is a. so it s notjust nice. yeah, there s like a. there s a bit of a pong. laughs. there s, like, there s.there s a sort of like a gentle edge of a bit. bit animalistic as well. yeah, and what s really interesting is knowing the history, it smells like one smell masking another smell. yeah. but it s notjust a novelty. inga s keen to show me how the walking tours that are being planned can offer a whole new layer of historical detail. this is where the dutch east india ....
Back to life. the plan is to use them in museums and on walking tours. may i.may i come behind here? yeah, yeah, yeah, come, come, come! what an incredible place! yeah, isn t it wonderful? is this all original? it s more of a drug store, you might say, between grocery and the apothecary. the project s not based in amsterdam by accident. this city, inga argues, is a rich hunting ground for ancient pongs. so, i guess back then, amsterdam would have been quite a smelly place. absolutely! it was called the beautiful lady with the stinking breath because of the canals, which looked wonderful, but evaporated a foul stench of not only the sewer the privies that were leaking into the canals and all the factories that were there, but also, of the cadavers of animals that ended up in the in the canal. ....
Through sometimes. there is a. so it s notjust nice. yeah, there s like a. there s a bit of a pong. laughs there s, like, there s.there s a sort of like a gentle edge of a bit. bit animalistic as well. yeah, and what s really interesting is knowing the history, it smells like one smell masking another smell. yeah. but it s notjust a novelty. inga s keen to show me how the walking tours that are being planned can offer a whole new layer of historical detail. this is where the dutch east india company used to unload silks, spices, herbs and tobacco from all over the world. in the 17th century, there must have been a lot to smell. smell this scent that we also created. ok. so, do i wave it? yeah, wave it under your nose. ooh! chuckles. maybe don t wave it too close! i mean, it s not great! it s not great, no! is that what the canal ....