Past Scents: Historical Perspectives on Smell

Index

Abu Ma’shar, 94 acanthus, 65 Adam, 36 Aden, 62 Adonis, feast of, 48 adulteration, 171 adulteress, 21 Aeneas, 35 Africa: courtship, 116; immigrant labour, 99; marriage, 132; native fragrant flora, 55, 58, 60, 110–11; public health, 201; role of scent, 87, 111, 215, 217 aging, 10, 20, 186 Alabama, 106 alcohol, 47, 55, 63, 64, 70, 121, 168, 175 Alexandria, 55, 61 Algeria, 73 Alibert, Jean-Pierre, 26 Alméras, Henri, 74 Alphonse Rallet & Company, 72 amber, 64, 74, 154 ambergris, 64, 67, 148, 155 Ambrose of Milan, 35 ambrosia, 133 America: Black Americans, 86, 103, 104, 106, 215; Chinese communities in, 93–94, 99; perfume industry in, 77–80, 112, 217; public health campaigns in, 201, 203, 204; travel writing, 89 ammonia, 160, 162, 168 anal glands, 126, 127 anatomy, 56, 87 index Andaman Islands, 87, 108, 109, 186, 215 Anderson, Warwick, 201–3, 208 androstenol, 129 angels, 38 animals: instincts, 14; people as, 190; perfumed , 149, 151; reproductive practices of 126; scents 134, 155; senses of, 104, 107; smell and hunting, 127, 129; smell of, 152, 180 aniseed, 154 anosmia, 42, 162 anthropology, 2, 20, 21, 85, 86, 107–11, 186, 211, 215 Antioch, 40 Antoinette, Marie, 69, 155 Antonios, disciple of Simeon the Stylites, 39 Antony, Mark, 116, 125 apartheid, 215 aphrodisiacs, 62, 127, 129 apothecaries, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69 apple, 161, 167, 172 Arabia: distillation in, 63, 84; perfumers in, 158; spices from, 11, 58–61, 64, 80, 84, 175, 217; taste of perfumes in, 57 Arabian Nights, 91 archaeology, 28, 55, 57 architecture, 206, 211 Arden, Elizabeth, 78–79, 138–39, 156–57, 216, 250n227 Arderne, John, 65 Aristotle, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 87, 127 Arkansas, 105 cs 268 . index Armenians, 92 armpits, 162 Arnold, David, 200, 201 Arnott, Neil, 187 aromatherapy, 20, 54, 81–82 Asia, 63, 64, 72, 135, 159, 213, 217 asphalt, 11 asphyxiation, 171 Assyria, 123 attraction, 54 Auckland, 196 Australia, 71, 99 Austria, 72 aversion therapy, 142 Avicenna, 161 Axel, Richard, 18 Aztecs, 29 Babylon, 53, 54 Bacon, Francis, 161 bacteriology, 162, 174, 179, 192, 194, 197–98, 202, 214 bakeries, 179 Balkans, 72 balsam, 29, 35, 38, 59 Balzac, Honoré de, 195, 196 baptism, 26, 31, 94 Barbe, Simon, 148 barbers, 179 Barnes, David, 192 Barruel, Jean-Pierre, 169, 170 Bartholomew the Englishman, 11, 12, 65 Bath, 186 bathing, 42, 45, 149–51, 174, 213 Baudelaire, Charles, 6, 126 Bauer, Albert, 128 Bauman, Zygmunt, 184 bay leaves, 152 Bay of Bengal, 108 Bazalgette, Sir Joseph, 193 Beaux, Edouard, 72 Beaux, Ernest, 72, 75, 137 Becket, Thomas, 40 Bede, Venerable, 33, 48 Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella), 159 behavior, 113 Belgium, 71 Bengal, 128 benjamin, 132, 154 benzoin, 148 Bernheimer, Charles, 121 Bethnal Green, 189 Bianco, Renato, 67 Bible, 31, 88 biotechnology, 81 Biow, Douglas, 182–83, 190 Bloch, Iwan, 2, 114, 119, 125 blood, 118, 170, 180 body. See embodiment and individual body parts body odor, 42 Bombay, 59 Bonatti, Guido, 95 Bordeaux, 70 Borneo, 63 Bororo, 44 Boswell, James, 89 botany, 113 Bradstreet, Christina, 7, 124 brain, 11, 12, 13 Brazil, 44, 107, 108, 179, 197–99 breathing, 9, 130, 161 breweries, 172–74, 175 brewers, 173, 214 brides, 131, 132 brimstone, 32 Brocard, Henri, 71, 72 brothels, 119, 121, 122, 216 Brown, Michael, 190–91 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 106 Buchan, William, 5, 154 Buck, Linda, 18 Buddha, 35 Buddhism, 10, 26, 28, 42, 44, 45, 212 Burley, Walter, 12 Burma, 108 Burman, Thomas Southern, 169–70 burns, 162, 170 Busino, Orlando, 181 butchers, 179 cabbage, 93, 118 Calcutta, 188, 200, 207–8 California, 99–103 Calvin, John, 34 Camphor: dragon’s brain perfume, 20, 53, 64, 128, 232n57; gendered nature of 115; harvesting of 135; properties, 62, 63, 124; use in epidemics 160; use in hunting 127; use in weddings, 132 index · 269 canals, 180 cancer, 161 Carlisle, Janice, 22, 166, 167 carnation, 155 Carter, H. J., 59 Caseau, Béatrice, 26, 33 cassia, 35, 58 castoreum, 127 cattle, 110, 116, 215 cedar, 141 Céline, Louis-Ferdinand, 21 censers, 33, 34, 38, 151 cesspools, 90, 123, 160, 165–66, 170, 182, 192, 193, 197 Chad, 60 Chadwick, Edwin, 23, 167, 169, 187–93 chamomile, 64 Chanel, Coco, 74, 75, 77, 79, 137–39, 142, 157, 216, 217 Chanel No. 5, 75, 79, 137, 141, 156, 156 Charles I, 148 Charlie, 129, 140–41, 143 Charlie’s Angels...