Happy Tuesday! What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m on a very quick out of town trip today, and did not bring anything scented with me other than my BFF Lush Rose Jam. I didn’t forget the tea, though, and I’m drinking a nice Assam from Upton right now.
Reminder: 5/19 will be Huesday on Friday, episode 2…
New at escentual (UK): Moschino Fresh Pink, Etat Libre d'Orange You or Someone Like You.
New at saksfifthavenue: Narciso Rodriguez L'Absolu, Mademoiselle Guerlain.
New at twistedlily: Tauer Perfumes L'Eau.
If yesterday's scented magnetic clips were too kitschy for you, these pretty scented paper bookmarks will class up the joint. There are 12 fragrances; shown are fig, lavender, jasmine and orange. (There's also sandalwood, but it's spelled sandlewood. Oops.) $3.99 each at Fine Arts Products.
When visitors enter the exhibition, canisters spritz scents derived from body odor originating from Asian American women and carpenter ants in a work titled “Immigrant Caucus.” To create the fragrance, Yi sampled the women’s sweat and worked with forensic chemist Kenneth Furton to identify the chemical constituents of the human body odors. [...]
With a list of the women’s sweaty top notes in hand, Yi then worked with a Parisian perfumer to recreate a synthetic interpretation of the armpit aroma and spiked the concoction with smelly chemicals emitted by carpenter ants.
— Anicka Yi’s exhibition “Life Is Cheap” is open at the Guggenheim through July 5. Read more at Olfactory science meets contemporary art, plus ants at Chemical & Engineering News, or see Please Smell the Art: Anicka Yi Will See That You Do at The New York Times, or Artist Anicka Yi’s Scents and Sensibilities at Vogue.