Nosing around Nantes.

Image courtesey of https://parfumsdenantes.wordpress.com/

Have any of you noticed particular natural odours or smells around Nantes? These could be from particular shops, or places (I'm not talking about the pumped odours from machines, like Nature et Decouvertes). I have already noted Talensac market, Hangar à bananes, Beghin Say sugar factory, le Lieu Unique,  the Lu factory (not in the centre of Nantes now), le jardin des plantes, le marché de Noêl, and the printing museum. I also have noted some shops that have particular smells, but perhaps you have others?

Here's how someone describes the smell at le Lieu Unique:

"Dans la première salle au premier étage du Lieu Unique, un parfum de réminiscence sollicite l’olfaction, et la gustation.

C’est une odeur puissante et envahissante, telle qu’elle devait régner dans aux abords de l’usine à Nantes; une odeur qui fait saliver, où la vanille, exaltée par les effluves de la pâte en train de cuire, rencontre la texture friable du biscuit naissant. C’est doux et sucré comme un souvenir d’enfance, et celui d’une époque révolue."


This odour has been fabricated, it called LU+LU and was developed by Laurence Fanuel and Emmanuel Martini DC with the Nat’Arom technology. https://perfumedup.wordpress.com/2014/06/27/luetlu/

Image courtesey of https://parfumsdenantes.wordpress.com/

Perhaps you live in a road which refers to an odour that may have been there in the past. Take a look at these signs (right). Just by looking at them, we can imagine the odours coming from these particular places as we can see from the photo of rue de civelles at the top. We can imagine the scene, the sights, sounds and the smells...

I would like to develop a couple of new workshops around aroma, and one of them would focus on Nantes.

Here's a teaser of the longer video which was put together for an exhibition which took place in 2011 called Parfums de Nantes. Pity I missed it! Did any of you go along?

So get your noses twitching as you move around Nantes, and please post up here as a comment any sensory observations you have. If you do not know what the odour is, try to describe it (easier said than done, I know!)
Thanks in advance.