Smell your way through history at this German scents exhibition


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A woman smells an 18th-century Paris scent probe at 'The Secret Power Of Scents' exhibition, which traces the history of fragrance from antiquity to the present at the Kunstpalast Museum in Dusseldorf, Germany. – Photos: AP

Ever wondered what war smells like? Or ponder the odor of love, or the stench of medieval Paris, or the sacred fragranceof religion?

A new exhibition in Germany allows visitors to discover unknown worlds of smells by sniffing their way through 81 different fragrances across 37 different galleries.

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