Past scents : historical perspectives on smell / Jonathan Reinarz.

Urbana, Chicago : University of Illinois Press, [2014]

xi, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: picking up the scent -- Heavenly scents: religions and smell -- Fragrant lucre: the perfume trade -- Odorous others: race and smell -- Seduction and subversion: gender and smell -- Uncommon scents: class and smell -- Mapping the smellscape: smell and the city -- Conclusion: beyond the foul and fragrant.