Topics are diverse just as the world is diverse, she says. The upstairs gallery is themed around air and carries a smell of the western Norwegian shore carried through the air with fans that circulate when there is a storm happening in Norway.
— On “RE______.”, the Sissel Tolaas exhibit at The Institute for Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania. Read more in Exploring the depth of smell through art at Penn Today.
Last year Jean Paul Gaultier did up Classique and Le Male in holiday sweaters (I don't think I ever posted them but I linked to them here), this year, it's red puffer vests. You can find them both at Marionnaud in France, in Eau de Toilette (Classique, 100 ml for €148; Le Male, 125 ml for €107).
It’s Hump Day, Yom Kippur and World Teachers’ Day. (Also, Canadian Beer Day.) What fragrance are you wearing?
I’m in Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Black Perfecto, from perfumers Thierry Wasser and Delphine Jelk.
Reminder: on 10/7, for Jacques Guerlain’s birthday, wear a Guerlain fragrance if you have one…
Japanese electronics giant Sony has developed a device to measure an individual's sense of smell. The company hopes it will eventually be used at hospitals as olfactory measurement could help with the early detection of dementia.
Sony says the equipment can produce 40 different smells. It instantly emits a scent when the operator selects one from a dedicated app. Test subjects also use the app to indicate what they think the smell is.
— Read more in Sony develops machine to measure sense of smell at NHK World Japan.
