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A quick guide to navigating IFRA for those making perfume for sale in the E.U.
INVERSES is a multi-sensory project and collaboration between six artists in five countries, who have been working on it for the past 2 years. The result is a set of items consisting of an illustrated storybook, a soundtrack, and a trio of custom scents, which all share a common narrative on the journey of a roving cardboard box. Continue reading Multisensory collaboration
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
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 company promises to provide ‘olfactory comfort’ by making a perfume from the distilled scent of our dearly departed. Could it catch on? Continue reading A new essence of life?
“Smelling good is a sign of being good. It is said that ‘we are what we eat’—but it is also true that we are what we smell like: fragrant or foul, good or bad.  ” – ANTONY SYNNOTT Continue reading Being good!
“The Art of Scent 1889 – 2014†curated by Chandler Burr presents perfume makers as artists and places their olfactory works as creations of art, literature and music, identifying them with the aesthetic movements to which they belong. Continue reading The Art of Scent 2.0
