The scent of space

When:
June 27, 2013 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
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Where:
The Royal Institution of Great Britain
21 Albemarle Street, City of Westminster, W1S 4BS
UK
Cost:
£10

An interactive, olfactory event presented by Marek Kukula, public astronomer at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, and by fragrance expert Odette Toilette. Exercise your nostrils on a tour of the smells of the cosmos, from the acid clouds of Venus to the oily seas of Saturn’s moon Titan and beyond to clouds of glowing gas in interstellar space, all accompanied by astonishing visuals from the Royal Observatory’s current exhibition, Visions of the Universe. Plus, experience some of the strange and wonderful perfumes that have taken outer space as their inspiration….