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An Arts Celebration
Loving our community
The Family Friendly Festival

Aromaphone

For our 2023 Festival we have transformed the village's iconic phone-box into an olfactory experience. Give your nostrils a treat and ‘see how many of the scents spark memories for you.

Read the quotations about smells and then sniff the many scents you’ll find within the phone box (some pleasant, some humdrum).  See if you agree with what writers have said about them.


“Smell is the primordial sense, more powerful, more primitive, more intimately tied to our memories and emotions than any other. A scent can trigger spiritual, emotional or physical peace and stimulate healing and wellness.”
 

– Donna Karan

An Arts Celebration
Loving our community
The Family Friendly Festival
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Smell is important. It reminds a person of all the things he's been through; it is a sheath of memories and security. 
Tove Jansson, The Summer Book
It’s the closest thing we poor creatures have to magic, my dear—the ability to be transported through time by a waft of scent that unlocks memory. 
Jason Fry, The Secret Academy
“One rule in life", he murmured to himself. "If you can smell garlic, everything is all right".” 
J.G. Ballard, High-Rise
Vinegar: that's what fear smells like.
Jennifer Egan, A Visit from the Goon Squad
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