Scents of the City
Isabelle Nägele und Ruedi Baur
All too often the smells and flavours of a city are simple, sad, monotonous or uniform; then again they can be overwhelming like a cheap perfume, and in spite of this - or maybe because of it - they are hardly noticed. But sometimes there will be a surprising breeze bearing the merest trace of a scent which captivates our senses and turns everyday banality into poetry. These everyday discoveries were collected over a long time and then categorized according to their relationship with each other. The wide range of cities from which the examples were taken is reflected in the use of different languages.
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