{"id":4298,"date":"2025-06-04T18:00:20","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shop.lenez.com\/users-guide-le-nez-du-whisky\/"},"modified":"2025-10-21T10:58:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T08:58:56","slug":"users-guide-le-nez-du-whisky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lenez.com\/en\/users-guide-le-nez-du-whisky\/","title":{"rendered":"User\u2019s guide – Le Nez du Whisky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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User\u2019s guide<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n
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Practice makes perfect<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Start your sensory journey with a game. Choose a vial at random, without looking at the name of the aroma. Smell the vial and\/or the cap. You will detect a scent, but can you identify it? That\u2019s more difficult. It may bring to mind memories from the distant or more recent past or evoke certain emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If the images conjured up by the aroma don\u2019t allow you to name it (though the word may be on the tip of your tongue!), try to identify which family it belongs to: floral, fruity, woody or phenolic? This exploration can also be done in a group: discussions around the perception of scents are an enjoyable way to share the experience and delve into your memories. As you listen to each other, you may find the right answer. But be careful not to let yourself be influenced!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then look at the number on the vial and find it on the list of aromas. Now that you see the name of the aromatic note, of course it\u2019s obvious: you knew it! Repeat the exercise with another vial. Practise this way every day with up to ten vials, making sure to include the ones you didn\u2019t manage to recognise the previous time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This will develop your olfactory memory. In just a few weeks, you\u2019ll be able to identify and, above all, name these aromas, precious clues to the whiskies you will taste. To find out more, follow the advice and tasting protocols in Le Nez du Whisky<\/em> books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rise to the challenge like a Master of the Quaich<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The title of Master of the Quaich honours a person who has contributed, through his or her writing, lectures or work, to the advancement of the whisky industry. Two of the authors of Le Nez du Whisky 54 aromas<\/a>, Martine Nouet and Charles MacLean, have been awarded this prestigious distinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are some examples of the types of questions these tasting experts are able to answer:<\/p>\n\n\n\n