aka Heat Activated
Scented Architecture
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This is a real photo by Mohammad Domiri
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The mortar of mosques was mixed with musk and other
aromatics so that during the hottest part of the day, when the entire building
was warm to the touch, they would exude their hidden olfactory treasures upon
the worshipers inside.
I first read this on Perfume Shrine, the most
important perfume blog out there. I was a little upset, in fact, that I had
never heard of this in all my years of formal study of architecture.
Cultural Perception
of Musk
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