The Leather Market.

Close your eyes and allow yourself to be led through Florence. You might as well plug your ears as well, for hearing will only distract you from the true sense that you need to experience the city. The odors will tell you all that you need. The first thing you will probably recognize is the thick, musky odor of leather. You are now in the leather market. You will feel like you are inhaling a cloud of sawdust, the smell of leather is so strong. Walk further and you will pass into the fog of freshly baked bread, the sugary tingle of gelato stands and pastries. Then you will pass into the sharp, rank smell of the Arno and it washes away all else.