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Suddenly seeing the world in vivid color

Posted by Robin on 7 February 2019 Leave a Comment

Skeptical? Smell for yourself. In one corner of the museum, Aftel has set out synthetic versions of jasmine, rose and vanilla alongside their natural counterparts. To my nose, the synthetic scents all feel familiar — the vanilla recalls Bath & Body Works lotion, or a Yankee Candle, while the rose wafts a harsh, chemical-laced note that suggests a cleaning product. Smelling the natural versions is like the olfactory version of removing a cataract from your eyes and suddenly seeing the world in vivid color...

— The San Francisco Chronicle goes to Mandy Aftel's Archive of Curious Scents in Berkeley, California. Read more at Mandy Aftel’s perfume museum seduces with whale vomit and other curious scents.

The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food ~ book review

Posted by Angela on 4 December 2017 6 Comments

The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food

The Art of Flavor: Practices and Principles for Creating Delicious Food might be as easily shelved with the biography of Winston Churchill in your living room as it is in the kitchen with the cookbooks. The Art of Flavor’s style is more that of a friendly textbook than a compilation of recipes. Don’t come to it for glossy photos of what you hope will be the main course of your next dinner party. Read it for an understanding of how to create the main course yourself.

Mandy Aftel and Daniel Patterson wrote The Art of Flavor. Perfume aficionados already know Aftel as a natural perfumer, author, and founder of Aftelier. A quick glance at the Aftelier website shows Aftel’s interest in food…

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Taste solutions

Posted by Robin on 4 September 2017 Leave a Comment

“Mandy brought language to things I didn’t even know how to describe,” Patterson says. “The language of food and verbal language are so different. I always knew these things, but now I think about them in a more structured way. It made me find better taste solutions quicker.”

— Chef Daniel Patterson talks about perfumer Mandy Aftel; their second book together was just published. You can read an excerpt at Eater.

An emotional journey of inhaling odors

Posted by Robin on 8 July 2017 Leave a Comment

This tiny museum manages to contain the olfactory history of the world: hundreds of natural essences, raw ingredients and antique tinctures gathered from every corner of the globe, and all available for visitors to smell. [...] Spending an hour in here, which is what one is allotted with the purchase of a $20 ticket, is an emotional journey of inhaling odors that conjure ancient civilizations and one’s own past.

— The New York Times writes about Mandy Aftel's Aftel Archive of Curious Scents in Berkeley. Read more at A Little Cottage Where You Can Smell the Natural History of Perfume.

Up for grabs: 2 tickets to the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents

Posted by Robin on 30 June 2017 11 Comments

Aftel Archive of Curious Scents

What is it: two tickets to visit the Aftel Archive of Curious Scents in Berkeley, California. You must sign up for your timed visit by July 1, 2018 (you don’t have to visit by then, but you have to arrange for your tickets by then), so if you don’t think you’ll have a chance to be in Berkeley during 2017 or 2018, it probably doesn’t make sense to enter.

How do I get it: For a chance to win, leave a comment on the website telling me what you’d like to see most at the museum — the stash of a hundred year old oils from Rimmel Perfumes? The antique fragrance books? Or do you just want the chance to smell things from the collection of 300+ natural essences? (Or, really, just say anything. If you don’t say anything there’s no way to enter.)

Be sure to use the “Post a comment” box; do not reply to another comment…

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