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Yesterday, Wednesday 21 January, was opened in Jumilla, the exhibition 'On the Nose.

Essences and natural fragrances' organized by the Welfare of La Caixa in collaboration with the Department of Culture.

This show is an 'approach to the world of smells and in honor of the smell, the forgotten sense of memory. "

Remain open until 17 February and is on display at the Municipal Museum of Ethnography 'Jerónimo Molina ", located in Plaza de la Constitución, 3.

Visiting hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 to 14:00 and 17:00 to 20:00 and on Sundays and holidays from 11:00 to 14:00.

Schools should book an appointment by calling: 968 78 July 1940.

Juana Guardiola, Councillor for Culture said, "is the first exhibition of this year in that museum and is a very curious and original shows, which aims to highlight the sense of smell."

Guardiola encouraged "everyone to visit it and discover the world of spices."

The exhibition offers visitors the chance to develop, through the sixties aromas exposed, "The forgotten of the five senses: smell, sense, moreover, better able to evoke distant memories, since its interface with the brain's memory circuits is really intimate, "said point from the La Caixa Foundation and added that" since the sample released from the bondage of view, the texts have been incorporated also in braille. "

The exhibition can smell natural fragrances such as cinnamon, violet, myrrh or lemon.

Only four of the sixty fragrances are artificial as the aroma school (blend of mandarin, pencil shavings, urea, dust and humidity), a church (with a combination of dust, incense, wax and moisture), a gum forest and burned .

'On the Nose' is an approach to the world of smells from the perspective of biology, culture and the experience of smell.

In addition to various local authorities were present, the director of the Museum of Ethnography and Natural Sciences' Jerónimo Molina, "Cayetano Herrero, Alfonso Bueno, head of Business Area of" la Caixa "and Pedro Miguel Perez, director of Office" la Caixa "in Jumilla, and Fundación 'La Caixa' Guillermo Fernandez, curator of the exhibition and Lourdes Toribio, coordinator of activities.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Jumilla