From birth to death, smells are an integral part of life. Smells can bring into the mind strong feelings as to what has happened in the past, be associated with body functions, stimulate your appetite and be part of everyday living. These eighteen stories will stimulate you into thinking of the effects that smells have had, and will have on your life in the future.

A range of human relationships is described as affected by different odours which have been produced. In these stories, there are sometimes terrible reactions induced in the people involved: jealousy, rage, disgust, the urge for...