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Perfume
‘The scent of rain’: How the practice of making ‘ittar’ is alive in Kannauj, India’s perfume capital
Scroll Staff
· Sep 10, 2021 · 12:48 pm
A perfumer and an artist from Switzerland are distilling smells of India into ‘smellscapes’
Sharanya Deepak
· Apr 21, 2019 · 11:30 am
This video explains why perfume-makers need constipated whales
Scroll Staff
· Apr 03, 2017 · 12:59 pm
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
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· May 09, 2016 · 12:32 pm
