This Fall, many of you may be teaching a course on sensation and perception or lecturing on scent culture. Why not put What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life on your reading list (as we did!)? It’s an entertaining way to introduce students to classical topics such as odor memory and identification, important aroma molecules, history of scent measurement, and more. Continue reading What the nose knows…
All posts by Scent Culture Institute: Smelling in Culture, Business & Society
“What is smell’s relationship to narrative?”
Olfactory Memoirs challenges both emerging and experienced writers to reconstruct memories through the sense of smell. Continue reading “What is smell’s relationship to narrative?”
Scents Memory: Brian Goeltzenleuchter’s Multifaceted Practice | Artbound
“What is smell’s relationship to narrative?”
Natural & Synthetic
It is popular to believe that “natural” stands for better. Here is an article that explores some of the achievements of fragrance chemistry. Continue reading Natural & Synthetic
The Science of Scent | Natural vs synthetic fragrance | Harper’s Bazaar
When it comes to perfume, natural doesn’t necessarily mean better. We have chemistry to thank for some of the most iconic fragrances in history.
A perfumista on Tate Britain’s sensorium
Tate Britain’s sensorium is widely covered by the media. What does a perfume person (i.e. someone who is versed in discussing scents) think about it? It is this perspective that makes this review by Eddie Bulliqui special: Continue reading A perfumista on Tate Britain’s sensorium
A review of Tate Britain’s Sensorium ~ by Eddie Bulliqi — Basenotes.net
“I will not forget this exhibition any time soon, and this is one of its strengths. However, I still don’t feel that it truly achieved its aim of ‘encouraging a new approach to interpreting artworks’. Facetious as this comment may be, of course the technology and stimuli behind this project will alter the experience you have in front of the painting, simply because it’s not where it normally is in a white room…â€
Read more at:Â http://www.basenotes.net/features/3179-a-review-of-tate-britains-sensorium
The Sensitivity of the Sense of Smell
More on how our sense of smell works…via IFF
Why commercial perfumery is more interesting than niche ~ by Eddie Bulliqi
An interesting opinion piece “intended as a celebration of commercial (mass-market) perfumery and not an attack on niche brandsâ€: Continue reading Why commercial perfumery is more interesting than niche ~ by Eddie Bulliqi
Why commercial perfumery is more interesting than niche ~ by Eddie Bulliqi — Basenotes.net
An interesting opinion piece “intended as a celebration of commercial (mass-market) perfumery and not an attack on niche brandsâ€:
Niche was all about regaining legitimacy over an industry that was said by many to be debased – aside from the claims of higher quality ingredients, and lack of marketing, one of the key requisites of many niche brands is their perceived transparency and authenticity, particularly to do with the process of creating perfumes, and often with stories of ‘in-house’ Perfumers… Niche tried to take away the smoke and mirrors but I fear that it’s just going back into the smoke.
Why commercial perfumery is more interesting than niche
~ by Eddie Bulliqi — Basenotes.net