A porcelain perfume
DSM-Firmenich continues to deepen the fruitful dialogue between art and fragrance since it created an olfactory signature for the musée national de la Marine in 2023.
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Cercle Odyssey: a tale of sound, images and smells
Cercle Odyssey, an immersive nomad concert installation that travels the world, alighted in Los Angeles in May. Mane perfumer Ugo Charron talks to Mathieu Chévara about the origins of the latest creations he devised for the event.
5th Experimental Scent Summit: Olfactory culture under the Lisbon sky
On 6 June 2024, the 5th Experimental Scent Summit, organised by the Los Angeles-based Institute for Art and Olfaction, took place in Lisbon. A day teeming with encounters between researchers, artists and perfumers from all over the world who shared research and ideas about olfactory culture.
Aromas and artwork: Redemption, by Julius Stewart
To celebrate the European Night of Museums this saturday, May the 18th, and to invite you to smell artworks, we invite you to take a closer nose at Rédemption, thanks to this article from Carole Couturier and Constance Deroubaix published in Nez#14 – Music & Perfume.
Perfuming music: Mane and Cercle team up for a series of immersive concerts
Cercle creates experiences and organises festivals and concerts that shine the spotlight on cultural and natural heritage with a fusion of music, aesthetics and showcasing artists and venues. Ugo Charron, Mane perfumer created its olfactory signature: Golden Hour scent will be diffused on 10 July in Geneva for a concert in front of Saint Pierre Cathedral.
With La Fabrica, IFF explores new pathways for olfaction
Since 2002, IFF has multiplied the synergies between its perfumers, artists across disciplines and students from various art schools. The objective is twofold: give tomorrow’s designers chance to become well-versed in olfaction and to nourish the creativity of the company’s perfumers.
Gayil Nalls: “World Sensorium has always been about environmentalism”
Artist Gayil Nalls is the founder of the World Sensorium Conservancy (WSC), an organization dedicated to the preservation of aromatic and medicinal plants faced with climate change : a multi-faceted project based on a long-running artistic endeavor. Interview.
The scent of darkness
The painter Pierre Soulages has just passed away at the age of 102. His famous “outrenoirs” have inspired perfumers, and in particular Céline Ellena, who dedicated to the artist one of her olfactory chronicles, published in the fourth issue of Nez magazine, in October 2017.
Perfume, a mixed (up) art
On the occasion of the World Art Day on the 15th of April 2022, Nez invites you to (re)discover an article about the question of perfume as an intellectual property, initially published in Nez, the Olfactory Magazine #04.
≈350 by Stefani Glauber: The Digital Scents of the Art World
As part of the event “Smell it! The Fragrance of Art,” German artist Stefani Glauber presents an exhibition entitled ≈350 at Kunsthalle Bremerhaven, in which she questions the possible digitization of smells within the museum.
olFACTORY by Camilla Nicklaus-Maurer: warholian immersion
In New York’s first gallery specifically designed to present odors, Olfactory Art Keller, artist Camilla Nicklaus-Maurer presents an immersive project, a multi-dimensional tribute to Andy Warhol and The Factory.
Odeuropa, Europe’s Olfactory Heritage
Starting this year, the Odeuropa project will strive to constitute the first olfactory archive of Europe.
Designing with Smell: Practices, Techniques and Challenges – Victoria Henshaw, Kate McLean, Dominic Medway, Chris Perkins, Gary Warnaby
Initiated by the late Victoria Henshaw, Designing with Smell tackles the extensive field of design, from art and entertainment to architecture and urbanism.
The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food – Daniel Patterson, Mandy Aftel
The Art of Flavor, by Michelin-starred chef Daniel Patterson and renowned natural perfumer Mandy Aftel, is a primer on cooking that nods toward principles of perfumery.
Scent in Context: Olfactory Art – Peter de Cupere
Written by eight authors – including the artist himself – this dense, 3-kg book retraces the artistic journey of Peter de Cupere.
Perfume: A sensory journey through contemporary scent
If this summer the sides of the river Thames appeal to you, don’t miss out on the new multisensory exhibition on view at Somerset House : “Perfume: A sensory journey through contemporary scent”. Until September 17th, you will be able to discover there the specificities of contemporary perfumery through several senses.
