Sweet smelling

It can be made authentically and easily in the home with a bottle of Rhine wine, such as Liebfrau milch, and a handful of woodruff, the ingredient that gives May wine its characteristic flavor. This plant is one of the most assertive and sweetest smelling of all herbs. Its aroma has been likened to many odors and perhaps it most closely resembles a pungent combination of cinnamon bark vanilla, and tarragon.

To the Navy, it is a way to make warships sweeter smelling and more comfortable for today’s increasingly diverse crews.

But Wisniewski explained that the most promising aromatic journeys, like those designed by Verbeek, are not always sweet smelling. Treating PTSD requires re-creating battlefield aromas, for example, while firefighters might train in smoke-scented simulations.