This series focuses on the five senses and this time it’s the turn of our noses. Sense of Smell is often something that goes underused, in comparison to sight and touch for example. It’s something you don’t notice you use a lot of the time but with the market for air fresheners and aftershave so massive, the effects of what we smell on our Productivity and general mood can be enormous. Lemon When life gives you lemons, stick them up your nose. Perhaps don’t take that too literally and the fruit itself sometimes needs a little enhancement for its properties to take effect. Lemon has antiviral and antibacterial properties and as such can help with colds or infections. What better way to boost your productivity at work than by not being ill at the desk? Cinnamon A fragrance usually reserved for foods and Christmas time, cinnamon has a very comforting effect for a lot of people. Mental fatigue can be combated by a hint of cinnamon and you can refocus your mind with a little sniff. A little sniff is all you need, mind, what with cinnamon being extremely strong and an irritant in larger does. Everything in moderation, we ...

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