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From Our Own Correspondent: Senses of Place

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Senses of Place

26/12/2015 GMT

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Senses of Place

Smells, tastes and sounds from a Serbian perfumery; Paris streets; Argentina and Kenya

The smell of history wafts through a Serbian perfume shop; the unique taste of honey made in Paris; the Welsh spoken in Patagonia; a musical dispute in a Kenyan palm-wine den

A programme of vivid sensual impressions, with tastes, smells, sights and sounds from life around the world, presented by Pascale Harter. 

Andrew Gray picks up the whiff of smell of history in a unique perfumery in Belgrade, where memorabilia from Serbia's turbulent 20th century share shelf space with specialised scents. 

Joanna Robertson is on the trail of the bees of Paris - and learning why the honey they make has such a distinctive flavour.

Steffan Messenger's using his ears in the far south of Argentina, in the windswept Patagonian landscape - to detect the sound of spoken Welsh. Descendants of 19th-century Welsh settlers in the area are now building schools and holding classes to revive the language.

And Rob Wilson braves the unpredictable alcohol-by-volume content of one of Kenya's most distinctive drinks: mnazi, or palm wine. As the country's coastline grows ever more developed, a palm-wine den, like anywhere else, has a décor and soundtrack which must move with the times. 

Photo: Window display of the Parfumerija Sava in Belgrade, showing off historic mementoes as well as scents. (c) Andrew Gray

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