Scratch and Sniff

Studio 360 | Jan 11, 2011

Studio 360 smells really really good. Kurt Andersen and Chandler Burr, the New York Times' new and first-ever perfume critic, explore the mysteries behind our sense of smell. And the director Douglas McGrath talks about his new Truman Capote biopic, Infamous, and how he's dealing with the movie's inevitable comparisons to last year's Capote.

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