In the first edition of Life in Scents, Jo Barratt and Odette Toilette speak to the writer Lavinia Greenlaw about the smells and scents that have been significant in her life. The poet recalls the comforting English smells of bonfire, rain and bread which evoke memories of her parents and children. She shares the experiences of growing up though the exaggerated synthetic smells of the 1970s disco scene, into the cigarettes and jumble sales of punk. We hear about dockside warehouses haunted by the smells of clove and cinnamon, and of the scents that as a writer, Lavinia has now lost as digital replaces the analogue.

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