Today I wrapped up my all-too-brief foray entering into the career as a working nose prostitute.
With a soupon of panache and a dash of amplomb, I felt very much like Grenouille from Patrick Skind's Perfume, or his early forefather Des Esseintes from Huysmans' rebours. I entered a near medititative state propelled only by an adventure in scent.
This venture took place at the Montreal Neurological Institute, where I was participating in an experiment to determine the physiological reactions of scents. My researcher was a self-confessed MRI geek, who showed me luminous resonant images of his own brain, while at the same time confessing on this week's over-the-top alcohol-related outings, revealing an amusing tendency to passively try to destroy what he holds so dear.
It was also revealed to me that my olfactory capabilities and sensitivities greatly exceed that of the average proboscis. I had a perfect score on my post-study scent-identification test - the average grade is 70%.
Stay tuned for my book of snout-related musings to be titled the Nose Knows and my quasi-pornographic pseudo-philosophic decadent gross-out feature film Blow My Nose," which due to their laxer laws regarding content regulations will first be released in Germany as Gesundheit!
With a soupon of panache and a dash of amplomb, I felt very much like Grenouille from Patrick Skind's Perfume, or his early forefather Des Esseintes from Huysmans' rebours. I entered a near medititative state propelled only by an adventure in scent.
This venture took place at the Montreal Neurological Institute, where I was participating in an experiment to determine the physiological reactions of scents. My researcher was a self-confessed MRI geek, who showed me luminous resonant images of his own brain, while at the same time confessing on this week's over-the-top alcohol-related outings, revealing an amusing tendency to passively try to destroy what he holds so dear.
It was also revealed to me that my olfactory capabilities and sensitivities greatly exceed that of the average proboscis. I had a perfect score on my post-study scent-identification test - the average grade is 70%.
Stay tuned for my book of snout-related musings to be titled the Nose Knows and my quasi-pornographic pseudo-philosophic decadent gross-out feature film Blow My Nose," which due to their laxer laws regarding content regulations will first be released in Germany as Gesundheit!
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uncommoncold:
I know.
drugstorecowboy:
How about both?