Book release "Botanique Olfactive"Sentir la nature au fil des saisons

"Olfactory Botany: Smelling nature through the seasons"
‘In this first book offering a botanical classification from an olfactory angle, Giulio Giorgi tells us about a whole world of plants invisible to...

"Olfactory Botany: Smelling nature through the seasons"

‘In this first book offering a botanical classification from an olfactory angle, Giulio Giorgi tells us about a whole world of plants invisible to the human eye. As a result of collaborative work between scientists and perfumers, this book presents 52 botanical species described with sensitivity and rigour through their history, their uses and, above all, their scent.

All too often forgotten and relegated to anecdotal status, the sense of smell has a lot to say about ecology: pollination, communication, defence systems, plant metabolism... The pleasures of the senses contribute to our environmental awareness, playing a key role in our appreciation of the natural world around us."

Extract from the back cover

This book was written with the participation of Jean-Claude Caissard, teacher-researcher at LBVpam, and Clémentine Coston, Mathilde Dragole and Milla Menouillard, students on the Master's degree in Life Sciences, Environment and Plant-Insect Interactions at the Université Jean Monnet Saint-Etienne.