Here is another article on bespoke perfume that relates it to a new relevance of craftmanship. Continue reading Bespoke: craftmanship in perfumery
Category Archives: Scent Culture Monitor
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.
The Perfumed Plume Awards to Honor Excellence in Fragrance Journalism | PerfumerFlavorist.com
The Perfumed Plume Awards will bestow honors in the following categories:
- Scent stories in mainstream media: magazines (print or digital)
- Scent stories in mainstream media: newspapers (print or digital)
- Blog postings
- Visualization of scent stories: overall design presentation (print or digital)
- Science of scent stories in mainstream media: magazines/newspapers (print or digital)/blog postings
- Fragrance books: an award in this category will be given at the discretion of the consulting committee based on the number of fragrance books published between December 2014 and December 2015
Submissions will be accepted as of MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2015, and will close on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2015. Read more at the link above.
The Perfumed Plume Awards to Honor Excellence in Fragrance Journalism | PerfumerFlavorist.com
Fragrance Journalism
The Perfumed Plume Awards bestow honors in fragrance journalism. Continue reading Fragrance Journalism
Scent & smartphone
Communication is digital and instant. You can watch videos and hear voices of your loved ones. But smell? Not so much. It is interesting to see how the emphasis and the underlying hopes und utopian ideas shift when reading the numerous articles on Onotes, Ophones and similar projects. Here is an article from the New York Times. Continue reading Scent & smartphone
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.
Share touch, smell and taste via the internet | euronews, hi-tech
Sharing smell, but also touch, and even taste – that’s the vision of a London university professor who has developed a range of devices he hopes will transcend the current limitations of online communication.
Today, our interaction with a smartphone or a computer is essentially audio-visual. Adrian David Cheok, Professor of Pervasive Computing at City University London, wants to involve all of our senses.
Watch the video segment on EuroNews.
Scentee: sharing smell
Sharing smell, but also touch, and even taste – that’s the vision of a London university professor who has developed a range of devices he hopes will transcend the current limitations of online communication. Continue reading Scentee: sharing smell
Rosemary & memory
In folk medicine, rosemary has been associated for centuries with having a good memory. Continue reading Rosemary & memory
What does rosemary do to your brain? – BBC News
In folk medicine, rosemary has been associated for centuries with having a good memory. But is it worth investigating whether it really has any powers, asks Dr Chris Van Tulleken.