Abstract
Just a few decades ago odor was practically a taboo topic. Only when people became more conscious of the need to take care of their bodies, only when dimensions such as body awareness and quality of life began to be considered important in themselves, when people also began to think and speak more freely about matters erotic, did awareness of the sense of smell and its effects begin to spread. Along with the trend towards health awareness, increasing use of cosmetics and narcissism, as well as the success of scientific investigations into the action of pheromones, publicized also in the popular press, have contributed to an ever-growing interest in odor.
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Steiner, W. (1997). The effect of odors on human experience and behavior. In: Jellinek, J.S. (eds) The Psychological Basis of Perfumery. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1567-1_23
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