Iceland’s first “scent concert”

Posted by Robin on 2 June 2026 Leave a Comment

Fans of Sigur Rós frontman Jónsi can expect something a little unusual this June. On June 5, Fischersund, the Reykjavík-based art and fragrance collective founded by Jónsi and his siblings, will present what they describe as Iceland’s first “scent concert” at Austurbæjarbíó as part of the Reykjavík Arts Festival.

The event brings together Jónsi, Kjartan Holm and Sin Fang for a live performance combining original music compositions, live-diffused scent and immersive visual art. It sounds, admittedly, like the kind of concept Reykjavík was destined to invent.

— Read more in The Smell Of Sound: Fischersund Introduce The Scent Concert at The Reykjavík Grapevine.

Fragrance Week on Madison Avenue

Posted by Robin on 20 March 2026 Leave a Comment

The Fragrance Foundation in association with the Madison Avenue B.I.D, presents the 2nd Annual Fragrance Week on Madison Avenue March 21 – 27. The week-long festivities kicks-off on Saturday, March 21, the official International Fragrance Day™ celebrated around the world and on Madison Avenue. Free and open to the public, during Fragrance Week on Madison Avenue, participating retailers located between East 57th and East 86th and adjacent side streets will offer an array of sensory and olfactory experiences to inspire customers to discover the artistry and passion of fragrance.

— Read more in Fragrance Week On Madison Avenue 2026 at Madison Ave BID.

Lily of the valley, frankincense, apricot, and banana

Posted by Robin on 14 February 2026 Leave a Comment

The scent [Marissa] Zappas created for the show is a blend of lily of the valley, frankincense, apricot, and banana. Viewers first encounter it on the second floor of the gallery, and by the time viewers reach the third floor, where the portraits of Dorothy Stratten hang, it fully saturates the space. The idea, according to [artist Cristine] Brache, was to create ‘a sensory arc that mirrors the conceptual one,’ as one moves through space and witnesses how Dorothy Stratten’s likeness has been circulated and consumed over time.

Sniffing their way

Posted by Robin on 29 October 2025 2 Comments

Ever wondered what war smells like? Or ponder the odor of love, or the stench of medieval Paris, or the sacred fragrance of religion?

A new exhibition in Germany allows visitors to discover unknown worlds of smells by sniffing their way through 81 different fragrances across 37 different galleries.

The show “The Secret Power of Scents,” which opens to the public on Wednesday at the Kunstpalast museum, in the western city of Düsseldorf, combines fragrances with art, taking visitors on a journey of more than 1,000 years of cultural history.

Six thousand years of olfactory culture

Posted by Robin on 21 May 2025 Leave a Comment

From May 21 to Nov. 30, 2025, the Museum of Palazzo Mocenigo - home of the Center for the Study of the History of Textile, Costume and Perfume, in Venice is hosting the exhibition Journey through the History of Perfume. [...] The exhibition route unfolds along a scenic timeline, through which visitors can admire more than five hundred bottles, protected under elegant glass bells. These objects tell the story of six thousand years of olfactory culture. Alongside the original exhibits, seven historical fragrances have been faithfully recreated by the essence house Givaudan, starting with the original formulas.

— Read more in An exhibition in Venice traces 6,000 years of perfume history with the Storp Collection at Finestre sull'Arte.

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Iceland’s first “scent concert”

Fragrance Week on Madison Avenue

Lily of the valley, frankincense, apricot, and banana

Sniffing their way

Six thousand years of olfactory culture