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Saskia Wilson-Brown, Art and Olfaction Awards: “The concept of perfumery we champion is universal.”
Every year since 2014, the Art and Olfaction Awards have celebrated international and artisan perfumery with their recognition of perfumers, independent brand creators and creative directors as well as experimental practitioners with scent.
Saskia Wilson-Brown, Art and Olfaction Awards: “The concept of perfumery we champion is universal.”
Every year since 2014, the Art and Olfaction Awards have celebrated international and artisan perfumery with their recognition of perfumers, independent brand creators and creative directors as well as experimental practitioners with scent.
The surgical precision of perfumery: reinventing distillation
Essences are not eternal. Technical processes for capturing the soul of a host of plants have continually evolved over the course of history.
The Colors launches Fragrance for Impact to reconnect perfumery with local communities
The Colors and the United Nations Population Fund launched Fragrance for Impact. Its principle: to create a link between the perfume industry and the programs run by UNFPA in the territories that produce raw materials.
ScentFest SF: The US West Coast now has its own fragrance festival
Following a successful first edition, ScentFest SF has just announced the dates for the festival’s second instalment, to be held from June 4–6, 2027. The ideal moment to look back at the birth of this new olfactory event and get a feel for the goals of its founder, Sebastian Jara.
Perfuming design and designing perfume
DSM-Firmenich is marking Paris Design Week by unveiling Anankè in the garden at Maison de Victor Hugo. An excellent opportunity to celebrate the bonds between fragrance, art, and design.
Frankincense, a firm perfume favorite
Frankincense is one of the world’s oldest fragrances, straddling the mystical and the sacred. It was used to make kyphi, the olfactory preparation used in ancient Egypt to enter the divine realm, and was widely burned in ancient temples and places of prayer.
Origins of fragrance: the land and the people
From Madagascar to Provence, fragrance begins life in the fields. Symrise patiently constructs new supply chains.
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Wadi Dawkah : Renaud Salmon & Jérôme Epinette
The affinity between Renaud Salmon, Chief Creative Director at Amouage, and Jérôme Epinette, perfumer at Robertet, culminates in 2026 with the launch of Love Hibiscus. They invite us into the heart of their creative process and tell us how they reimagined the use of frankincense in this composition.
Les Grands entretiens : Thando Hopa & Olivier Bachelet (Mane)
Cultural activist, jurist and model Thando Hopa joins Olivier Bachelet, Europe Marketing Director at Mane, for a conversation on fragrance, representation and olfactory memory.
Smell Talks : Gowé, a natural ingredient from Africa
Dominique Roques, a long-standing sourcer of natural ingredients discuss with Julien Rasquinet, Senior Perfumer at CPL Aromas and Francesca Bonati, Associate Director for Fragrance Development at Amouage about the arrival of a new natural ingredient in the perfumers’ palette, gowé.
Wadi Dawkah : Modern Masterpieces, The Scent of Frankincense
Dominique Roques discusses with Yohan Cervi, critic and lecturer on the history of modern perfumery to trace the journey of frankincense through the world of fragrance creation.
Smell Talks : The Chinese Olfactory Culture
Meng Gu, fine fragrance perfumer at Robertet and Anne-Sophie Gauvin, partner at KeYi explore age-old traditions, perfume tastes and the new expectations of a market in full transformation.
The Odyssey of Frankincense in Arts
Art historian Clara Muller discusses the role of frankincense and the trees that produce it in the history of art.
