SCENT OF THE CITIES.
London is said to be losing its-charac-teristic, siueji. A •smell and not unpleasant, it eeTtainly has. It is nioi'e difficult, to describe tiian that of any other city.- ' ■
But: Paris offers no such obstacles. It Sinells^ait 'its '".best—unmistakably of petit caporal tobacco, acdnt and charcoaL Berlin smells inky, like our' own post-offices. In Marseilles the opposing odours of flowers and fish axe inextricably mixed.
. New York has something exhilarating in the atmosphere, which can be felt rather, th^an' Madrid and most iSpanislv towns smell of cigars and vegetables. Vienna smells of sawdust. Naples just smells. ".>...
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Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 12, 14 August 1930, Page 12
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99SCENT OF THE CITIES. Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 12, 14 August 1930, Page 12
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