Perfume Stories: The Time Travellers

The last of the pilot workshops have ran at the Recovery Unit at HMP Hindley and the Education Wing at HMP Buckley Hall in Rochdale. This project is now funded by ACE England. A collaboration with Novus / Enrichment in Custody. Novus is the market leader of education in UK prisons; supporting rehabilitation programmes in three of the participating prisons. HMP Hindley, HMP Buckley Hall and HMP Liverpool.

Of all our senses, olfaction is especially involved in forming and remembering emotional associations Tollas,S ( 2010) Life is Everywhere Mono Kulture 23.

I redesigned the diagram (see above) to help explain the neural journey and how scent works for the new groups of learners. Some additional things I learned – How rose water was used to disguise Ketamine shipments from India in the 1980’s and how a professional car thief wouldn’t bother stealing my car.

My future can be seen in the mirror of my choosing. From today I will remember good things. I am aware of my experience, I will teach myself how to feel healthy. I will look in the mirror and smile back. So my future will smell good. 

F.D HMP Hindley