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Whiffs of gasoline

Posted by Robin on 19 November 2009 12 Comments

An unusual perfume bar has sprung up at the Singapore Art Museum. It has scents nobody would want to dab on his wrist, although some might cling to his clothes.

Filipino artist Christina Goldie Poblador has created the smells of a city: Think whiffs of gasoline or rotten eggs, which is supposed to remind people of government. There are more pleasant fragrances too, which are associated with friendship and family.

—From Whiffs of memory as art at The Malaysian Insider.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: conceptual art, scent event, singapore

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  1. wendy05 says:
    19 November 2009 at 9:41 am

    ehm. I actually love the smell of gasoline. Does that make me officially weird?

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    • Robin says:
      19 November 2009 at 9:56 am

      No, I think many people do.

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    • Na says:
      19 November 2009 at 11:05 am

      I like the smell of gasoline too, although I try not to express my fondness so much.

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  2. perfumegeek says:
    19 November 2009 at 10:03 am

    Awww, thanks for posting this. It’s heart-warming to read about a young woman pursuing her passion and creating a work of art that’s inspired by her childhood memories.

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    • Robin says:
      19 November 2009 at 10:25 am

      Yes, it is!

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  3. Absolute Scentualist says:
    19 November 2009 at 10:58 am

    I love the smell of gasoline as well. And I have a similar love for rubbing and smelling my tomato plants, the wonderfulness of fresh pine sap, and if it’s very, very faint, a hint of skunk wafting by on a cool night breeze. I grew up in the country and it’s one of those smells I come across now and again on the far more rural outskirts of our small city that just reminds me of how the air smelled back then, along with chemical or “natural” field fertilizer. It wasn’t nearly as pleasant when our little Boston terrier came home after picking a fight with a skunk and losing, but at least that was much easier to handle then when she picked fights with porcupines. Then it was off to the very distinct smelling vet office. 😀

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  4. Na says:
    19 November 2009 at 11:01 am

    It sounds really interesting.
    I selfishly wish she would come to N.Y. with her perfumes.

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    • Robin says:
      19 November 2009 at 1:22 pm

      LOL…I wish she’d come to my house, I’m even lazier than you 🙂

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  5. norjunma1 says:
    19 November 2009 at 12:21 pm

    Yeah, gas is definitely a guilty pleasure smell (is there such a thing, though) in the same vein as nail polish and hot tar. And it’s funny. I was just walking down the street yesterday when i got a blast of fumes and thought, “ah city smells”.

    Also, two thumbs up for the sartists use of rotten egg smell to represent government (I’m guessing a corrupt one).

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    • Robin says:
      19 November 2009 at 1:22 pm

      Yes, that was a nice touch!

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  6. Bela says:
    19 November 2009 at 3:09 pm

    The top notes of Tubéreuse Criminelle smell strongly of gasoline. Wonderful! 🙂

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    • Robin says:
      19 November 2009 at 7:07 pm

      Yes! Why is Tubéreuse Criminelle STILL not in the export line, when nearly everything else is?? That’s what I want to know.

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