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The nose hieroglyph
60s videos on olfactive anthropology, history, and the semiotics of scent.
Nov 28, 20231 min read
Eau de Vertu (Aggelos Balamis for Angelos Creations Olfactives)
Perfume and the history of gargoyles.
Nov 1, 20233 min read
Ambre Premier (Jovoy)
5 perfume lovers' accounts of the first time they met (their version of) luxury.
Nov 1, 20235 min read
Vying for Vetiver
Visiting Sebastian Jara (The Perfume Guy)'s channel ) with another talk about the history and role of vetiver in perfumery, with...
Nov 1, 20231 min read
Iron Wind (Tobali)
Perfume in relation to pareidolia and seeing faces in things.
Oct 8, 20233 min read
Vanille de Tahiti (Perris Monte Carlo)
Perfume in relation to mirrors, self, and the alienness of the mere exposure effect.
Oct 8, 20233 min read
Classic Orange (Camille Henfling II for Von Eusersdorff )
Perfume in relation to the Beatles, chorus lines, and writing music in an AABA structure.
Oct 8, 20233 min read
Vaadhoo (Alienor Massenet for Memo)
Perfume in relation to historical travel posters.
Oct 8, 20233 min read
Issara (Pissara Umavijani for Parfums Dusita)
This article was written for, and first published in CaFleureBon. The green within. Photo, creative direction, digital editing by...
Oct 8, 20233 min read
Corpse Reviver (Bruno Fazzolari)
Perfume and the science of laughter.
Oct 5, 20233 min read
fallintostars (Christophe Laudamiel for strangelove NYC)
Perfume in relation to fractals and other patterns.
Oct 5, 20233 min read
Perverso (Spyros Drosopoulos for Baruti)
Perfume in relation to how attraction leads to satisfaction.
Oct 5, 20232 min read
Monbloom (Ramon Monegal)
Perfume in relation to how women are connected trans-generationally through physical matrilineal ties.
Oct 5, 20233 min read
3 for me: Jul et Mad
Perfume in relation to memory and childhood behind the Iron Curtain.
Oct 5, 20234 min read
Heritage (François Merle-Baudoin for Fragrance du Bois)
Perfume in relation to pearls and how they're created.
Oct 5, 20233 min read
Dolce Amalfi (Miroslav Perkov for Xerjoff Casamorati)
Perfume in relation to Keats, bicycles, my first French teacher, and the "Turkish trousers".
Oct 5, 20233 min read
Hasu-no-Hana (Richard Melchio for Grossmith)
Perfume in relation to white as a function of light.
Oct 5, 20233 min read
Montecristo (Delphine Thierry for Masque Milano)
Perfume in relation to sex work at Le Chabanais and history as recorded in the imaginary ledger of the owner.
Oct 4, 20233 min read
ins/PIRATION: circularity in design
Perfume bottles from different historical and esthetic eras showing similar designs.
Oct 4, 20231 min read
The smell of death
A few illnesses and affections we can identify by smell.
Oct 4, 20234 min read
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