WYNC Interview with Luca Turin and Charles Wysocki
The July 6, 2007 episode of WYNC’s The Leonard Lopate Show features a good interview with two prominent scientists in the world of scent. Dr. Luca Turin is an employee of Flexitral and author of The Secret of Scent: Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell. Dr. Charles Wysocki is a member of the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Side note: I remember Dr. Wysocki from my days working as a lab technician at Monell in the mid-1980s. Small world!)
The interview lasts about 35 minutes and provides some good scientific understanding of the sense of smell. I take issue, however, with one of Dr. Turin’s comments. A caller to the radio showed asked how much credence one should give to aromatherapy. Dr. Turin’s reply: “None.”
Later, Dr. Turin had a more positive opinion while discussing Egyptian perfumers of the distant past. He explained that the ancient Egyptians had complex perfume recipes which, when recreated today, are said to smell wonderful.
Here is the link to the interview:
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