Arable land is, according to one definition, land capable of being ploughed and used to grow crops. In Britain, it was traditionally contrasted with pasturable land such as heaths which could be used for sheep-rearing but not farmland. A quite different kind of definition is used by various agencies concerned with agriculture. In providing statistics on arable land, the FAO and the World Bank use the definition offered in the glossary accompanying FAOSTAT: Arable land is the land under temporar
Given that our sense of smell clearly plays an important part in our psychological make-up, in addition to it being one of the five ways in which we connect with the world around us, its absence can have a profound impact.
And yet the fragrance industry has never turned up its nose at the riper aspects of human, and inhuman, existence. Many classics contain more than a glimpse of something nasty in the woodshed. Roja Dove, author of The Essence Of Perfume, says, The sense of smell developed in living organisms to help us find food, escape danger and locate a mate. There is no avoiding it: our attitude to scent is primitive, base, animal.