A whiff of strawberry sweetness hits you as soon as you walk into “The Pink Bedroom,” an exhibit at the Museum of Sex in New York. The installation is a jumble of shocking pink objects (stuffed animals, makeup compacts, music boxes, shoes and sex toys) arranged around a bed made with pink sheets and pillows. But it also features a mishmash of smells: rose, baby powder and … is that cat pee?

— Read more in Perfumes for Primal Urges: Marissa Zappas, who has developed fragrances with sex workers, poets and astrologers, is the nose behind a new scent at the Museum of Sex at The New York Times.