“Go on, O Lord, and make an end of it, stir us up, and call us back; kindle us and pluck us to thee, be fragrant, and grow sweet unto us.” – AUGUSTINE
All posts by Scent Culture Institute: Smelling in Culture, Business & Society
Magic
“Magic, in order to achieve its greatest potency, must enter through the nose.” -Â BRONISLAW MALINOWSKI
Nothingness of Scent
“Duft (i.S.v. Parfum) ist nichts und kann deshalb alles werden.” – CHRISTIAN JANECKE
Creativity
“Wherever I create something I like, I can be sure that it is too far out.” – ANDREAS WILHELM
Re-awakening the Magic
“The Perfumative. Perfume in Art and Design” was the title of an international conference at Zurich University of the Arts (8-10 November 2018). The conference seeked to open up a dialogue between perfumers, researchers, designers, and artists. Continue reading Re-awakening the Magic
Alles nur Fake?  Scent Culture @ Hochschule der Künste Bern
An der Hochschule der Künste Bern wird im laufenden Wintersemester 2018 eine Einführung zu Düften und Gerüchen als Medien in Alltag, Gestaltung & Kunst angeboten. Die Toolbox gehört zum transdisziplinären Lehrangebot Y, das Studierenden aller künstlerischen Disziplinen offen steht.
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Trickle down
“There are many essences of mint in perfumery – spearmint, peppermint, pennyroyal, field mint, bergamot mint – which are also used for flavouring sweets, toothpaste, chewing gum and sometimes as fragrance in household products; these different applications depreciate the emotional impact of smelling mint. The same is true of the smell of lemons which was first used as a fragrance for washing-up liquid in the United states in 1969 on a product called Joy, and went on to become an olfactory symbol for cleaning products. Since then, lemon has only rarely been used in eaux de toilette.” – JEAN-CLAUDE ELLENA
Art Now! Lecture at Columbia College Chicago
Portraiture is known as a visual art genre. Yet, working with body odors has given rise to artistic works that explore new sensory territories. A lecture with Claus Noppeney at Columbia College in Chicago discussed this development: Can a smell represent a person? How is an olfactory portrait experienced in an art space? How relevant is the process? … Continue reading Art Now! Lecture at Columbia College Chicago
Special Session at Product Development Management Conference
The Product Development and Management Association (PDMA), host of the Journal of Product Innovation Management (JPIM), organizes a special session on scent scent development on the occasion of its annual research forum in Chicago.
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The fragrance of images
The current exhibition “The fragrance of images†at Opelvillen in Rüsselsheim presents a selection of works from the Barcelona based collection olorVISUAL. Continue reading The fragrance of images