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Jacobson's Organ [Lyall Watson]
Jacobson's Organ [Lyall Watson]
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[Scent] [The Noise] [Sense Studies]
Jacobson's Organ and the Remarkable Nature of Smell
Lyall Watson
WW. Norton and Company, New York. 2000. First American Edition. Clean copy.
From the publisher:
"Smell is our most seductive and provocative sense, invading every domain of our lives. We can identify our relatives, detect the availability of a potential mate, sniff out danger, and distinguish between good and bad food just with our noses. In this surprising and delightful book, Lyall Watson rescues our most unappreciated sense from obscurity. He brings to light new evidence concerning Jacobson's Organ: an anatomical feature discovered high in the nose in 1811 and dismissed for centuries as a vestigial ghost. Yet recent research has shown Jacobson's Organ to be an incredibly influential pheromonal mechanism that feeds the area of the brain affecting our awareness, emotional states, and sexual behavior."
As a good smell enjoyer (currently burning Fred Soll desert Patchouli incense, intend to apply Creed Viking upon me getting out of the shower, etc.) this book was a deeply enjoyable dive into the strangest of our scents, smell. Good nature writing; easy to understand and a fun trip through language and science.
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