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Exploring the world using the sense of smell

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The sense of smell, also known as olfaction, is one of the chemical human senses. This means that sensory stimuli are received by the human body through contact with chemicals. The smell becomes recognizable when the responsible chemical meets certain requirements e.g. it becomes volatile. Chemicals with similar structures can make an impression of radically different aromas. A slight change in the spatial structure or removing one atom from a molecule may be enough to make an odour pleasant. Sometimes, the concentration of the substance decides on the nature of the smell – the same chemical compound can make evoke the smell of flowers or of rotting flesh. As it turns out, the sense of smell also plays an important role in the sense of taste.
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The article is a linguistic-culturological reflection on the subject of names and descriptions of vessels in which various fragrant substances have been kept from the antiquity. Verbal exemplifications cited in the text show that these artefacts are permanently inscribed in the history of world cosmetics and they document human creativity and sensitivity.
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Szkic stanowi lingwistyczno-kulturologiczną refleksję na temat nazw oraz opisów naczyń, w których od starożytności do czasów współczesnych przechowywano i przechowuje się różne wonne substancje. Przytoczone w nim werbalne egzemplifikacje dowodzą, że artefakty te na trwałe wpisały się w historię światowej kosmetyki, dokumentując tym samym kreatywność i wrażliwość człowieka.
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