Giulia Martina

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Tübingen, Germany

Giulia Martina is a philosopher of perception and mind, currently a postdoc at the University of Tübingen in Germany with a project on olfactory dysfunctions. She is interested in our sense experiences, and how we think and talk about them.

Written by Giulia Martina

Close-up photo of a woman with closed eyes smelling a small branch with pink flowers held in her hand.

What is the secret to an evocative smell description?

Many languages have very few odour-related words, so conveying what a scent is like requires knowing your audience

by Giulia Martina