A spot for Guerlain Mandarine Basilic Forte and Rosa Rossa Forte. Then below the jump, perfumer Delphine Jelk talks about the the 2022 version of Guerlain La Petite Robe Noire Eau de Parfum Intense.
Wherever there’s air, there is a smell
One of the few champions of the olfactory senses as an artistic medium is Sissel Tolaas, a Norwegian-born, Berlin-based artist that has been exploring smells for more than 25 years. [...]
“Smell is everything. Wherever there’s air, there is a smell,” said Tolaas. “It’s why I call myself a professional in-betweener, because life is everywhere. Where there’s smell, there’s life.”
The Institute for Contemporary Art at the University of Pennsylvania is now hosting Tolaas’ first major U.S. exhibition, with the abstract title “RE______.” An earlier version of the show was originally created by the Astrup Fearnley Museum in Oslo, Norway.
— Read more in Dollars and scents: Follow your nose through this exhibition at ICA at WHYY. The exhibit runs through December 30, and you can find out more here.
Frustration
A spot for Etat Libre d’Orange Frustration.
I am woman
A spot for Philosophy Amazing Grace Intense.
This amazing perfume
I also mentioned my favorite perfumes that I couldn't get anymore. I went looking for Norman Norell’s fragrance. Nobody even knows Norman had a fragrance. He was a huge fashion designer, especially for Hollywood, and he had this amazing perfume. Once he passed away, you just couldn't find it. We couldn't truly re-create it with the candle. We bought three bottles on eBay, but they had all gone bad. But we read all about it, and we took inspiration. We pulled the elements I love: musk, leather, and Jamaica–and that informed everything. There was this one fruit from Jamaica that we explored, the naseberry, which very similar to a pear flavor.
— Grace Jones, on talking to perfumer Jérôme Epinette about her new candle for Boy Smells, Grace. Read more in Grace Jones on Creating Her Debut Scent with Boy Smells at Harper's Bazaar.