An Aromatic Life

An Aromatic Life

The Language Lab

6. Language Lab Summer Session (2025)

Welcome to our 6th session in olfactory expression.

Jul 11, 2025
∙ Paid

We’ve made it halfway! 🥳 I hope you’re enjoying the sessions as much as I am.

This week we’re focusing on the word “smoky”, which describes the smell of burned or burning matter: wood, paper, food, incense, tobacco, etc. The smell of real smoke depends largely on what’s burning, ranging from woody and earthy to plasticky, oily, or chokingly chemical.

But…

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