Canadian filmmaker Bruce LaBruce has launched Obscenity, a new limited edition fragrance inspired by the Canadian customs officials’ practice of seizing his works at the border and marking them OBSCENITY…
A lot of people think cumin smells like body odor
My scent, representing East/Northeast L.A., was supposed to smell like Mexican food and orange blossom. Goeltzenleuchter made it with cumin and neroli oil. Another participant told me that a lot of people think cumin smells like body odor. Perhaps this explained the gagging.
— Columnist Meghan Daum of the Los Angeles Times attends the one-day installation "Sillage" at the Santa Monica Museum of Art. Read more at Smells like ... a Westsider: All wet lawn and the sweat of a trophy wife.
Coca Cola Le Parfum
Designer Wonchan Lee answers the burning question: what would perfumes from Coca Cola look like? They're concept designs, but hey, I bet I am not the only perfumista who would buy one. Find more images at Concept: Coca-Cola Le Parfum at The Dieline. Hat tip to Pyramus!
Spice-laden air over the Strait of Bosphorus in the Middle Ages
...pine and cedar pulled from the imagined court of Louis XIV, spice-laden air over the Strait of Bosphorus in the Middle Ages, river water and hashish of modern-day Rotterdam. Those are the ones people might actually, you know, wear. There's also the New Jersey Turnpike during a rainstorm, air pollution in San Francisco, and fresh manure in the French countryside.
— some of the smells at Urban Olfactory: What does history smell like?, an exhibit at SPUR Urban Center in San Francisco. The exhibit runs through 31 March. Read more at Now You Can Experience the Nasty Stench of Cities Throughout History at The Atlantic, or check out the details at the SPUR website.
Armchair Parade at Dillon Gallery
‘Scent sculptor’ and perfumer Christophe Laudamiel is participating in Armchair Parade, a multimedia installation at Dillon Gallery in New York City. Also on view: puppets by Julian Crouch, films by Ragnar Freidank and The Big Boing (a handmade, 24-foot lamellophone created by Mark Stewart, which can be played by visitors)…