Caro Verbeek: What Can The Scents Of The Past Tell Us About Our History?

Caro Verbeek speaks on the TEDx stage in Gronigen, Netherlands.

Each day, we breathe about 22,000 times–and all that time we smell. Scent historian Caro Verbeek recreates scents of the past. She says, just like music and art, smell is a part of our heritage.

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Each day, we breathe about 22,000 times–and all that time we smell. Scent historian Caro Verbeek recreates scents of the past. She says, just like music and art, smell is a part of our heritage.