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speaking from many years' experience in programming Sense of Smell Day
Squeeze bottles work well. Put a soaked cotton ball as you described just at the top of the bottle and put the lid on. A gentle squeeze towards the nose gives a nice whiff of the scent inside. The folks at Demeter Fragrance have always been very generous in donating scents to us, and they have everything from "Rose" and "Chocolate Chip Cookie" to "Dirt" and "Dinosaur Dung." (this last is *vile.* really truly awful. I don't know if this is what dino poo actually smelled like, but man, it's bad.)
What was the point of rubbing scented oils on mummies? And were different ones used for different reasons (perhaps by position in society)? This may lead your discussion and go beyond "hey! smell this!" You could invite visitors to guess which smells were used for what.
good luck!
AD
unofficial SLOB (Smell Lady of Boston. thanks, Jonah...)
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Alissa Daniels, Science Program Manager/Senior Educator
Boston Children's Museum
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I'm working on a program on mummification for my museum education
class (thanks to those of you who responded to my last query!). I'd
like to create some type of scent jars so that students can get a
whiff of the scented oils that were rubbed on the mummies.
What have you found to be the best method for this, keeping in mind
that we are on a tight budget? I was thinking of just putting oil-
soaked cotton balls into film canisters with holes punched in the
lids. Any other ideas?
Also, any ideas for sources of scents? Luckily, San Francisco has no
shortage of shops selling incense and essential oils. I'd like to
include cedar, myrrh, thyme, and juniper.
Finally, any ideas how to turn this into a deeper experience beyond
just "smell this"? I was thinking of also including some other, more
familiar scents (e.g. vanilla, cinnamon) and having them guess which
ones were the ones used by the Egyptians, with some hints.
Thanks for any ideas you can share! You were all really helpful as we
were trying to plan out our mummy's body and internal organs! :)
Anna
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Anna Hurst
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
390 Ashton Ave.
San Francisco, CA 94112
415-337-1100 ext. 108
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