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Mapping the World Through Smell

The U.K.-based designer Kate McLean is on a mission: to preserve scent-based memory by encouraging people to be curious about the communities in which they spend their time. With the help of locals, McLean attempts to distill a city’s scent down to several fragrant notes—a unique blend of its olfactory identity. 

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