The new Maison Diptyque store at 107 New Bond Street in London (the Paris Diptyque spot is here).
An aroma that will change from week to week
The hall will also be filled with another, less tangible, suggestion of microbial life: an aroma that will change from week to week, conjuring the fragrant history of the Bankside area around the museum, from the Precambrian and late Jurassic eras to the Machine Age. Among the scent profiles Yi has created are those that represent more noxious periods in London history, including the smells of cholera and the bubonic plague.
— Artist Anicka Yi's Turbine Hall takeover starts tomorrow (and runs through mid-January) at the Tate Modern in London. Read more in The Artistic Aromas of Anicka Yi at The New York Times.
Last scents
[Artist Anicka] Yi’s work is often olfactory, honouring the sense she thinks humans have neglected in favour of the optical. “I’ve always maintained that when you’re on death row,” she once said, “you should get last scents or last sounds, the same way you get last meals.”
— Read more in ‘I sculpt the air’ – does scent artist Anicka Yi plan to make Tate’s Turbine Hall smell like vaginas? at The Guardian. Yi's exhibit at the Tate Modern will open on October 12.
Notes on Notes
In a unique collaboration with London Philharmonic Orchestra as part of the Harrods Season, sound and scent come together this August for an immersive sensory experience. Join us as we explore olfactory notes to a musical soundtrack, hosted in Salon de Parfums from 7th to 31st August. Visit the space at any time to discover the experience or join us for a series of evening events, where the leading names in perfumery will showcase pieces of music alongside the exclusive fragrances that inspired them, delving deeper into the notes behind the scents. Evening events will take place from 5pm on Wednesday 7th, Thursday 8th and Friday 9th August.
— To book a spot for the evening Notes on Notes events at Harrods (you must rsvp by Friday), see the Harrods event page. Hat tip to David!
On display in the suitably swish Berkeley Square
Today, the first 2.5-metre-high bottle is on display in the suitably swish Berkeley Square and will appear at the fashion house’s New Bond Street boutique from this weekend before continuing its tour of London.
— Chanel doesn't want Londoners to forget it is selling No. 5 in red this year. Read more at Chanel takes giant bottles of No 5 on a tour of London at Harper's Bazaar.