Mademoiselle Privé, a new exhibit “capturing the charismatic personality and irreverent spirit of Mademoiselle Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld”, has opened at London’s Saatchi Gallery and will run until November 1. The exhibit features a No. 5 laboratory…
Scented issue of Poetry magazine & Volatile! exhibit
The Poetry Foundation’s Poetry magazine will be sending a scented edition to subscribers this December, and will be opening the scent exhibit Volatile! at their Gallery in Chicago this December…
10 Iconic Perfume Bottles: Culture and Design
Our own Dr. Jessica will be giving a talk next month for the Brooklyn Brainery — 10 Iconic Perfume Bottles: Culture and Design…
Floris Scents of Summer ~ afternoon tea in London
British niche line Floris has collaborated with the InterContinental London Park Lane to present Scents of Summer, a new afternoon tea…
Adding an extra layer to the smellscape
Egner’s personal favorite haunted scent experience was another bait-and-switch scene: as visitors approached a dimly lit table, they could smell roast turkey, mashed potatoes, and stuffing, and see dishes piled high with food—which turned out, on closer inspection, to be cured hog guts and other viscera. “I’m sure that we ruined somebody’s Thanksgiving that year,” Egner told me gleefully.
The Soap Factory does make visitors sign a waiver before they enter the Haunted Basement. “It’s intense,” Egner said, adding that, most years, one or two patrons vomit during their visit (requiring a sanitary cleanup and adding an extra layer to the smellscape).
— Lillian Egner talks to the New Yorker about the use of smell in The Soap Factory's annual Haunted Basement in New York City. Read more at The Smell of Death.