{"id":65812,"date":"2014-01-29T09:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-01-29T14:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=65812"},"modified":"2014-01-29T16:46:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-29T21:46:52","slug":"were-olfactory-failures-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/29\/were-olfactory-failures-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re Olfactory Failures, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_65814\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/f-millot-crepe-de-chine-perfume-ad-1937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65814\" class=\"size-large wp-image-65814 \" alt=\"f millot crepe de chine perfume ad 1937\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/f-millot-crepe-de-chine-perfume-ad-1937-1024x429.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Crepe de Chine perfume ad, 1937<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>A woman has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/books\/jacketcopy\/la-et-jc-unusual-punishment-woman-sentenced-to-read-malcolm-gladwell-20140128,0,6158800.story?track=rss&amp;utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=twitter&amp;dlvrit=717819#axzz2reBhHi5D\" target=\"_blank\">sentenced to read Malcolm Gladwell<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Speakers of English may be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smithsonianmag.com\/smart-news\/english-speakers-are-bad-identifying-and-describing-smells-180949519\/?utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=socialmedia&amp;utm_campaign=01282014&amp;utm_content=smartnewsenglishsmells2\" target=\"_blank\">unusually ill-equipped to describe smells<\/a>. Our language lacks, for instance, a word meaning \u201cto have a bloody smell which attracts tigers.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>At the intersection of art and commerce, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/books\/10599515\/Want-to-sell-something-Stick-a-poet-on-it.html\" target=\"_blank\">poets sell potato chips<\/a>. Poets sell iPads. Poets sell jeans and family vacations.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe will likely make great selfies\u2014but not until we get rid of the stupid-sounding, juvenile, treacly name. It rankles and grates every time one reads, hears, or even thinks it. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2014\/01\/history-of-the-selfie.html?mid=twitter_nymag\" target=\"_blank\">We can\u2019t have a Rembrandt of selfies with a word like <i>selfie<\/i><\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Live like your forebears. Adhering to Ben Franklin\u2019s rigorous schedule allowed this young man to \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/goodmenproject.com\/featured-content\/dtv-benjamin-franklin\/\" target=\"_blank\">pick out a pretty fly outfit<\/a>,\u201d among other efficiencies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman has been sentenced to read Malcolm Gladwell. Speakers of English may be unusually ill-equipped to describe smells. Our language lacks, for instance, a word meaning \u201cto have a bloody smell which attracts tigers.\u201d At the intersection of art and commerce, poets sell potato chips. Poets sell iPads. Poets sell jeans and family vacations. 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