Odou is the only magazine dedicated to smell and perfume through creative writing, photography and design. Continue reading ODOU issue 4 out now!
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ODOU issue 4 out now!
Odou is the only magazine dedicated to smell and perfume through creative writing, photography and design. The issue is exclusively available for print.
In issue 4 we go on a chronological perfume narrative. Beginning with raw materials like ambergris and myrtle, Â Mandy Aftel and Hector Villeda-Martinez describe what makes them unique.
We go to perfume school with Dana El Masri, where she shares the inner workings of her time at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery, and Writer John Preston fears he’s smelled the last great Comme des Garçons fragrance – understandably.
Perfumer and Writer Pia Long wants us to move on from ingredients lists, focusing on the beauty of the perfumes themselves, whilst Persolaise is searching for weird and otherworldly perfumes in the mainstream market. Brooke Belldon shares her joy for perfume events with illustrations by Massimo Alfaioli, and lastly, Alex Musgrave delivers a series of stunning scent shorts and visuals.Â
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.
What the nose knows…
This Fall, many of you may be teaching a course on sensation and perception or lecturing on scent culture. Why not put What the Nose Knows: The Science of Scent in Everyday Life on your reading list (as we did!)? It’s an entertaining way to introduce students to classical topics such as odor memory and identification, important aroma molecules, history of scent measurement, and more. Continue reading What the nose knows…
Scents Memory: Brian Goeltzenleuchter’s Multifaceted Practice | Artbound
“What is smell’s relationship to narrative?”
“What is smell’s relationship to narrative?”
Olfactory Memoirs challenges both emerging and experienced writers to reconstruct memories through the sense of smell. Continue reading “What is smell’s relationship to narrative?”
The Science of Scent | Natural vs synthetic fragrance | Harper’s Bazaar
When it comes to perfume, natural doesn’t necessarily mean better. We have chemistry to thank for some of the most iconic fragrances in history.
Natural & Synthetic
It is popular to believe that “natural” stands for better. Here is an article that explores some of the achievements of fragrance chemistry. Continue reading Natural & Synthetic
A review of Tate Britain’s Sensorium ~ by Eddie Bulliqi — Basenotes.net
“I will not forget this exhibition any time soon, and this is one of its strengths. However, I still don’t feel that it truly achieved its aim of ‘encouraging a new approach to interpreting artworks’. Facetious as this comment may be, of course the technology and stimuli behind this project will alter the experience you have in front of the painting, simply because it’s not where it normally is in a white room…â€
Read more at:Â http://www.basenotes.net/features/3179-a-review-of-tate-britains-sensorium
A perfumista on Tate Britain’s sensorium
Tate Britain’s sensorium is widely covered by the media. What does a perfume person (i.e. someone who is versed in discussing scents) think about it? It is this perspective that makes this review by Eddie Bulliqui special: Continue reading A perfumista on Tate Britain’s sensorium