Sage and Coriander

Posted by Robin on 10 April 2019 Leave a Comment

It is at this same spot that two new scents of antiquity, Sage and Coriander, revived by KORRES for the National Archaeological Museum, will be revealed this spring to mark the one-year anniversary of the exhibition. A milestone in the exhibition’s life cycle, as together with the new scents, a statue of Goddess Aphrodite of Roman times, will emerge from the storerooms of the Museum for the first time to light up the space and delight visitors with its charm.

– Korres adds two more scents to the collection they released last year for an exhibit at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. Read the museum's press release at THE SCENT OF ANTIQUITY REBORN, or see the page for the new exhibit, which will run from May through December, The countless aspects of Beauty.

Thirteen perfumers

Posted by Robin on 6 March 2019 3 Comments

In the exhibition Nez à nez– Contemporary perfumers, we follow the trajectory and creative processes of those working in the complex and demanding world of perfumery. The aim is to give the public access to some of the insider secrets of a creative medium that touches us all. At mudac, the idea of an exhibition on perfumery was long in the works. [...]

To show just how complex and diverse the world of perfumery is, the exhibition spotlights the creations of thirteen perfumers from various countries and backgrounds: men and women, at different stages of their careers, working independently, as head of their own brand or for a perfume house. We teamed up with the perfumers themselves and the experts from the specialist magazine Nez to select three fragrances by each creator to feature in the exhibition.

— Nez à nez is open through 16 June at Mudac, Musée de design et d’arts appliqués contemporains in Lausanne, Switzerland; more here.

Remarkable objects used for la toilette

Posted by Robin on 15 February 2019 2 Comments

Hillwood’s founder, Marjorie Merriweather Post, focused on acquiring magnificent pieces of eighteenth-century French decorative arts, which she valued for their exquisite designs and historic associations, during the first half of the twentieth century and many remarkable objects used for la toilette made it into her collection. Perfume & Seduction will trace the form and function of perfume bottles, explore a variety of shapes and materials and the process of making perfume, and examine the evolution of forms during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, highlighting examples from Hillwood’s collection.

— The exhibit Perfume & Seduction opens this weekend, and runs through June 9, at the Hillwood Museum in Washington, DC. Hat tip to my mom!

Mille Facettes

Posted by Robin on 11 October 2018 Leave a Comment

The installation, called Mille Facettes—A Thousand Facets of Olfactory Lights, was presented as an artistic interpretation of the new fragrance, purporting to take the visitor for some 90 seconds inside a diamond, or more accurately inside a Plexiglas box in which a white light was diffused into a million facets of colors, plunging the visitor into the creative mind of the perfumer.

— Cartier's pop-up installation for Carat can be found at the Cartier pop-up shop on Wooster Street in NYC, or at rue Vieille du Temple in Paris. Read more in At Its ‘Rendez-Vous’ Experience, Cartier Mines the Past and Present to Reinvent Classic Luxury at ArtNet.

An original and sensorial discovery

Posted by Robin on 31 May 2018 Leave a Comment

Bringing together close to 110 art and archaeology objects together for the first time, it will take you on a journey through Chinese civilisation. A selection of ceramics, drawings, bronzes, and paintings from the collections of the Shanghai Museum is presented for the first time in Europe alongside some twenty pieces from the Musée Cernuschi collections. These exceptional loans will immerse visitors in an original and sensorial discovery of the museum, punctuated with olfactory experiences throughout the chronological progression of the exhibition.

— The exhibit "Perfumes of China, the culture of incense in imperial times" will be open through 26 August at the Musée Cernuschi in Paris, and includes historical fragrances recreated by Dior.

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