Nose, the olfactory review – #07 – Animal sense

Smell has long been considered an animal sense, primary, instinctive, bestial... If man, by standing up on his two hind legs, has developed his hearing and his sight, senses recognized as more noble and intellectual, animals have retained the sense of smell as their main means of communication, and some sometimes use it in a impressive and unexpected. Animals feel each other, but they also smell, good or bad. If the smell of their fur sometimes attracts us, that of their flesh often repels us, except when it is grilled on the barbecue. From musk to ambergris via civet, the animal has always been a source of raw material in the making of perfumes, until very recently. From La Panthère by Cartier to Muscs Koublaï Khän by Serge Lutens, the animal infiltrates the bottles, diffusing its undesirable wild notes lurking behind the fresh flowers, as if the man wanted to diffuse an olfactory message, rediscover a forgotten aura that would have lost during its evolution?