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Hi I haven't got any experience of the air cubes you mentioned but thought i'd email with a couple of things: - @Bristol, the science centre, has some great scents (I say great, some of them are revolting!) so they'd be worth contacting to find out their supplier I'm sure - I use smell in the handling collections I do on Jacobean life, and have to say I've never found it particularly disruptive in terms of the flow. I pass around various items - spices, tallow and beeswax candles, soap balls, cocoa beans and so on - and actually there seems to be a real sense of excitement in people waiting to get a sniff, especially when they see the reaction on some people's faces to the smell! I've done this with various groups from nursery children to adults on supported learning courses, and they all seem to enjoy it. Good luck - I'd be interested to hear everyone else's ideas too. Best wishes Rosie Barker (Community Learning Officer, Aston Hall) On 3 August 2012 10:08, Katherine Ashton <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Hi everyone,**** > > ** ** > > I’m wanting to use a multi-sensory approach to interpret a couple of > paintings in our collection – using touch, smell, sounds etc, to use with > special needs groups. **** > > ** ** > > Has anyone got any experience of using themed aromas – such as the aroma > cubes produced by companies like Dale Air? I’m a bit concerned that the > flow of the workshop will be lost when having to pass the cubes round for > everyone to smell, but as I want to do the workshop in the public gallery > in front of the painting, I don’t want to have to be spraying different > aerosols around!**** > > ** ** > > Also, I have used some of Dale Air’s cubes before, and I don’t know > whether it’s just my insensitive nose, but I was a bit disappointed – they > all smelt the same to me! Can anyone suggest any other products that they > have found to be good?**** > > ** ** > > Cheers > Katherine Ashton**** > > Education and Outreach Officer**** > > Penlee House Gallery and Museum**** > > Penzance**** > > ** ** > > ** ** > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner > for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about > joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list > website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + > + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +