Laure Dautriche 9:00 a.m., September 12, 2021
The "City of the senses" festival is held from September 11 to 12 at the City of Science and Industry in Paris, in partnership with Europe 1. It is the weekend rendezvous to tickle your nostrils and you. immerse yourself in a bath of fragrant experiences.
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What is hidden behind everyday smells?
This is the question that the second edition of the Cité des sens festival at the Cité des sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris wants to answer this Saturday and Sunday.
Workshops and conferences will be open to the public.
For example, you will be able to "test your nose" and understand how the brain works when it comes to odors.
In total darkness
It is an unprecedented experience in total darkness, where all the senses will be disturbed.
A demonstration of plant distillation or workshops on smell to understand how smells influence our emotions await you.
Smells exist in our brain.
A scent that is soothing to one person may not be soothing to another.
You will also be able to discover what is hidden behind the smells that surround us: perfumes, detergents, shower gels.
Everything in the presence of experts, chemists, neuroscientists and specialists in olfactory marketing.
All the smells and saviors of chocolate
The public will also have the opportunity to dissect the smells associated with chocolate. "The difficulty is to take the time to eat your chocolate and not to swallow it or swallow it too quickly. You have to explain the different aromas that you will find in dark chocolate, in milk chocolate and which will also show the cocoa beans ", explains Marie Bécher, project manager at the City of Science and Industry. "The cocoa nibs are shown at different stages. At each stage we will not feel exactly the same. It is not the same aromas either since the aromas, since the smells we smell with the nose, but also with the mouth. There are a lot of things going on, which we call by retro-olfaction, "she says.