Graphic artist Reed Seifer has introduced Spray to Forget, a limited edition fragrance launched in conjunction with the Armory Show held earlier this month in New York City…
Ernesto Neto’s Navedenga at MoMA in New York
Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto (remember anthropodino at the NY Park Armory last year?) has another scented sculpture on display, this time at MoMA. Navedenga is scented with cloves, and 2 visitors can enter the space at a time…
Shigenobu Twilight ~ new fragrance
Shigenobu Twilight is the first fragrance from New York-based artist Anicka Yi and architect Maggie Peng:
The fragrance is inspired by the Fusako Shigenobu, former leader of the Japanese Red Army…
Whiffs of gasoline
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.
Viktor & Rolf Alternative No. 1
And Viktor & Rolf’s “Alternative No. 1″ turns perfume into performance art: a darkened room, an advertising image, a fragmented perfume bottle made from pieces of other vessels, and a fragrance that is both scent and stench invite viewers to participate and evoke reactions like intrigue and disgust, the way the best conceptual art and fashion always ought to do.
— From The Moment blog at the New York Times…