A feature on some recent developments with respect to scent culture appeared in The Guardian on 16 September 2016: “technology addiction makes us crave smells”.
The problem with pleasure!
Scents and in particular fragrances are often discussed as enjoable and pleasurable experiences. Thus this recent scholarly book deserves a closer look when discussing Huxley’s feelies or James Joyce and the scent of modernity.
Olfactory language in British fiction
Scent has so far remained largely sidelined into the context of the eighteenth-century novel. Reading Smell by Emily Friedman and published in 2016 provides models for how to incorporate olfactory knowledge into new readings of the literary form central to our understanding of the eighteenth century and modernity in general: the...
Perfumism, manifesto – 2010?
In 2010, Andy Tauer reflected on his observations as a perfumer and initiated perfumism.com.
Scent Verse: Muse Booze
Scent Verse is a inspiring poetry project on Basenotes curated by writer Eddie Bulliqi.
Fragrance manifesto by Christophe Laudamiel (2017)
Christophe Laudamiel once again shakes the industry and the field as a whole:
Beyond the little trees
The air freshener Little Tree epitomizes the state of contemporary scent culture. This might sound provocative.
Olfactory Magazine “NEZ” in English
The emergence of publications have always been milestones for the development of fields and discourses. Thus the publication of an English speaking olfactory magazine is of significance. Bringing together articles, interviews, surveys and critical analysis with an olfactory focus, NEZ challenges us to use our noses to explore the world.
Olfactory Art by Peter de Cupere
After 20 year of working with scent this new book provides an overview of Peter de Cuper’s oeuvre.
Ines Lechleitner / Andreas Wilhelm exhibiting in Basel
Dialogue of the senses and nonverbal communication being core subjects in her artistic practice, the artist Ines Lechleitner started her research for a river perfume based on the river Rhine in Basel for her solo exhibition “Das Rhein Rauschen” curated by Emilie Bruner.
Bill Gates: Smell matters for the global future of sanitation
After visiting Firmenich in Geneva Bill Gates shares his views on the future of odor-free toilets and better sanitation for all:
“There is a pleasure in the ‘Pathless Woods’”
The new Monda Gallery of Contemporary Art at the Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida opened on November 4 with a site-specific installation by American artist Anne Patterson, featuring a scent by Beau Rhee.
Melancholia: Marion Colomer & Dana El-Masri
Ashraf Osman discusses Marion Colomer’s immersive installation Melancholia including an original scent created by the New York City based perfumer Dana El Masri. New York City based perfumer, creating a original scent:
Major international art prize for Anicka Yi working with smell
The conceptual artist Anicka Yi, who makes sculptures out of smell, has won the Hugo Boss Art Prize 2016. The magazine Dazed entitles: “Fragrance artist Anicka Yi wins major art prize”.
NEZ la revue olfactive, the Olfactory Magazine
NEZ la revue olfactive is a valiant new effort from France to establish a gorgeously designed periodical devoted to scent & culture.
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