L’Artisan Parfumeur allied themselves with Meilleur Ouvrier de France pastry chef Arnaud Larher to create L’Exquis inspired by their new perfume Noir Exquis.
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eScent offers an enabling platform technology and delivery device that emits precise doses of fragrances at the right time, in the right place, depending on context. It is the result of decades of substantial multidisciplinary research lead by Dr. Jenny Tillotson that culminates in numerous topical applications.
The Institute of Making is a multidisciplinary research club for those interested in the made world featuring the work of Roja Dove
The City of Bern, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is truly a picturesque place. But it is also a city full of fascinating stories of de- and re-odorization.
This not so recent article from the Guardian demonstrates some of the ongoing confusion without addressing it directly: “From France to Dubai, scent is viewed as high art – but not in America. What is it about US’s relationship to smell that puts it so far behind in this field?”. Moreover, there are numerous subtle and open contradictions about art, perfume, & culture and a commitment to scent culture (the name we coined for our group):
A purifying mask with chocolate filters? Yes, please! Thanks to the inexhaustible Peter de Cupere: A chocolate perfume good enough to eat?
Together, a fragrance legend and a horticultural pioneer have cultivated what could be the first new perfume rose in more than a century.
To celebrate its 15th birthday, Basenotes, “the largest fragrance information resource on the internet,” released over the past few weeks an impressive list titled 500 Greatest Modern Perfumes that culminated on Friday.
Odou is the only magazine dedicated to smell and perfume through creative writing, photography and design.
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.
It is popular to believe that “natural” stands for better. Here is an article that explores some of the achievements of fragrance chemistry.
A company promises to provide ‘olfactory comfort’ by making a perfume from the distilled scent of our dearly departed. Could it catch on?
Being good!
“Smelling good is a sign of being good. It is said that ‘we are what we eat’—but it […]