Reviving Europe’s historical scents—including ‘the smell of hell’
Researchers have created a searchable database of Europe’s historical smells. Credit: Odeuropa2025 Researchers are merging multidisciplinary expertise with AI tools to document, reconstruct and preserve Europe’s historical scents. What do you think hell smells like? British researcher Dr. William Tullett has faithfully recreated its foul odor—or at least how our forefathers imagined it. Thanks to
Tomi Fetzer
June 29, 2025