Por qué nadie sabe hablar de perfumes

It's impossible to describe a perfume, to distill a fragrance into words. Yes, you can pile up adjectives, list accords, exhaust the dictionary... and that won't make it possible to "smell" the perfume through the screen. In this video, I explain why the sense of smell is so difficult to capture with language and why, even so, it's worth continuing to try. A short video essay on the limits of language, the physiology of smell, and the impossibility (or not) of reviewing perfumes. Video sections: 00:00 Introduction 00:22 We don't know how to talk about perfumes 01:39 1. We can't communicate our olfactory sensations 06:15 2. Our vocabulary is limited, borrowed, and circular 10:29 3. We can't imagine smells 13:19 Does it make sense to review perfumes? #perfume #videoessay #senseofsmell