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...Green Village is an essential project that will reduce pollution and make Montmartre more family-friendly," says Sylvain Garel, a local deputy of the Green Party and president of the Montmartre Council, which is overseeing the roadworks. "There's no question that this will benefit everyone in the area." Residents of the bustling Rue Lepic, with its recently de-cobbled square, aren't so convinced...
...organizers of the Green Village deny they are sacrificing local color for the sake of municipal homogeneity. "It's impossible to please everyone", says Sylvain Garel, who claims residents' opposition has more to do with political rivalry than concerns about local heritage. "Besides, there'll always be people who refuse to move with the times...
...Green Village is an essential project that will reduce pollution and make Montmartre more family-friendly," says Sylvain Garel, a local deputy of the Green Party and president of the Montmartre Council, which is overseeing the project. "There's no question that this project will benefit everyone in the area." Residents of the bustling Rue Lepic, with its recently de-cobbled square, aren't so convinced...
...organizers of the Green Village deny they are sacrificing local color for the sake of municipal homogeneity. "It's impossible to please everyone", says Sylvain Garel, who claims residents' opposition has more to do with political rivalry than concerns about local heritage. "Besides, there'll always be people who refuse to move with the times...
...using carbon dating and infrared analysis, Charlier employed the unusual technique of olfacation, or sniffing. In a blind test, two smell experts from French perfumeries Guerlain and Jean Patou whiffed samples of burnt wood, decomposed bones and skin, and noted the odors. "The smells weren't all horrible," says Sylvain Delacourte of Guerlain. "Some were pleasant and fragrant." The predominant scent, vanilla, indicated that the relics came from a body that had decomposed naturally; the organic compound vanillin is produced during this process. Set alight while tied to a stake (three times over, if legend is to be believed...