The evacuation suit is part of Catherine Sarah Young’s Climate Change Couture project. Continue reading Climate Change Couture: Smell Masks
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The Poetics of Smell as a Mode of Knowledge
“The act of smelling something, anything, is remarkably like the act of thinking itself. Immediately, at the very moment of perception, you can feel the mind going to work, sending the odor around from place to place, setting off complex repertoires throughout the brain, polling one center after another for signs of recognition, old memories, connections. This is as it should be, I suppose, since the cells that do the smelling are themselves proper brain cells, the only neurons whose axones carry information picked up at first hand in the outside world…â€
https://www.brainpickings.org/2015/10/28/lewis-thomas-on-smell-long-line-of-cells/
This is an extract from a larger essay on the sense of smell smell. The original source: Thomas, L. (1983). On Smell. In L. Thomas, Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony (S. 40–44). New York: Viking Press.
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Olfactory Games – “Smell and Art – an introductory course to olfactory art†– YouTube
Maki Ueda will be giving a 3 weeks course on olfactory art titled “How to Confuse Your Senses†in The Netherlands. Above is the final presentations of Ueda’s “Smell and Art – an introductory course to olfactory artâ€, at Interfaculty Art Science, an interfaculty of Royal Academy of Arts and Royal Conservatory, The Hague.
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Smell and Art – an introductory course to olfactory art
Maki Ueda will be giving a 3 weeks course on olfactory art titled “How to Confuse Your Senses†in The Netherlands. Continue reading Smell and Art – an introductory course to olfactory art
Aromas of Food and Death | Blick am Abend
Whoever wants to smell like pizza good enough eat does not have to work as a pizza baker. The aroma now exists in a bottle. Other scents from Demeter include popcorn, condensed milk, birthday cake, window cleaning detergent, and “Funeral Home”, a bouquet of white flowers including lilies and gladiolas.
The Sensitivity of the Sense of Smell
More on how our sense of smell works…via IFF
NASA’s staff sniffer
George Aldrich has a truly one-of-a-kind job, one he’s held for nearly 40 years. He’s a professional nose for NASA, sniffing everything that goes into space. Continue reading NASA’s staff sniffer
Tate Sensorium: New exhibition at Tate Britain invites art lovers to taste, smell and hear art – The Independent
A new exhibition is bringing in a master chocolatier, a scent expert and an audio specialist to change the way people interact with the paintings
Bespoke scents give off the sweet smell of luxury | Financial Review
Boutique perfumeries producing custom-made fragrances offer customers craftsmanship and choice, writes Lance Richardson.
Scent Received, With a Tap of a Smartphone – The New York Times
Back when people communicated more often through physical letters, there was a strong market for perfumed stationery. One sniff, it is said, could bring a rush of memories or longings.
Now communication is digital and instant. You can watch videos and hear voices of your loved ones. But smell? Not so much.
There are some signs that could be changing. Product developers are preparing to offer a variety of items to consumers that will allow scent to become a part of digital messaging.