Chandler Burr will give a presentation on The Art History Of Scent: 1889 – 2011 as part of the Chicago Humanities Festival:
Burr uses his rich historical, cultural, scientific, and economic knowledge of scent…
The Perfume Diaries exhibit next month at Harrods in London will include a number of special events, all free to the public and available on a drop-in basis (except as noted). Events will be held on the 4th floor.
Wednesday 8th September 2010, 12.30pm – 2pm
Jade Jagger for Guerlain – Personal Appearance and Fragrance Signing…
This year’s Fashion’s Night Out in New York City is coming up on September 10th. Here are just a few of the perfume-related goings on; you can find full listings at the event website.
Bergdorf Goodman: Tom Ford will be in his 2nd floor boutique in the Men’s Store from 8 to 8:30 pm to sign fragrance purchases…
Ineke Ruhland of niche house Ineke will be at the Grand Opening of the Santa Monica Nordstrom to introduce her fragrance line:
I’m really excited to have the Ineke perfume line sold at Nordstrom for the very first time…
Harrods in London will be holding an exhibit — titled The Perfume Diaries — “celebrating the past, present and future of the perfume industry”. The exhibit is curated by Roja Dove of the Haute Parfumerie at Harrods.
A true celebration of the fragrance industry…
Pitti Immagine will present the eighth edition of the Fragranze trade show from Friday to Sunday, 10 to 12 September, at the Stazione Leopolda in Florence, Italy. The event will be open to the public on Saturday, September 11…
Actress Jennifer Aniston will be at Harrod’s in London on Wednesday, 21 July to launch her debut perfume, Lolavie:
Jennifer Aniston’s Debut Fragrance will be sold exclusively in Harrods from Weds 21st July…
The Museo del Traje (Costume Museum) in Madrid is hosting Roger & Gallet: the art of perfume from 1862 to today:
Over 250 unique pieces make up the exhibition…
The New Orleans Museum of Art will be hosting SCENTS AND SENSIBILITY: Perfume Bottles & Related Accessories from Antiquity to Present:
Just as young gentleman charmed the women in Jane Austin’s [sic] Sense and Sensibility, perfumes have inspired people for centuries…
Like This, the fragrance collaboration between actor Tilda Swinton and niche perfume house Etat Libre d’Orange, recently launched in the United States. Etat Libre’s founder, Etienne de Swardt, made appearances at New London Pharmacy and Henri Bendel to introduce the fragrance and to reveal more facts about Like This; for example, its “code name” as a work-in-progress was “Immortal Ginger.” And the final name, in addition to being borrowed from a poem by Rumi, is a bit of wordplay on Tilda Swinton’s request for a “cozy” scent, since the sound-alike Italian word “così” translates as “like this.”
Tilda Swinton herself made a visit to Henri Bendel on June 17. I was able to speak with her for a few precious minutes…
Aedes de Venustas in New York City will be hosting a sneak preview of the new Amouage Library Collection on Thursday, July 1:
Please join Amouage for a sneak preview of the “Library Collection”…
Actress Tilda Swinton will be at Henri Bendel in New York City on Thursday, June 17 from 5 to 7 pm to introduce her fragrance, Etat Libre d’Orange Like This. (via press release)
DelRae Roth of Parfums DelRae will be at Barneys in New York City this Saturday, May 29th, to introduce her new fragrance, Coup de Foudre.
The event will take place from 11 am to 5 pm at Barneys New York at 660 Madison Avenue, The Foundation (lower level). (via newsletter from Parfums DelRae)
If you missed part 1, and/or have no idea what Headspace is, see here. Part 2 is about 75 minutes long, and there’s a brief synopsis below the jump.
Remember that Headspace symposium on “Scent As Design” held at the Parsons School back in March? If not, here’s a reminder. Well, they filmed it. Here’s the first part, and I’ll post the rest over the coming days, or you can go watch them all at YouTube right now. Below the jump you’ll find a brief synopsis.
This Saturday, May 22nd, is the International Day for Biological Diversity. In Paris, the Champs Elysées will be transformed by Gad Weil’s Nature Capitale into a “green oasis” between the Arc de Triomphe and Rond Point, with 8000 garden plots featuring over over 150 plant and tree species…
This coming Saturday, the 15th of May, is the 6th annual European Museum Night, when museums all over Europe are open at night and free to the public.
In Paris, perfumer Francis Kurkdjian will be participating in an event at the Grand Palais…
Will Andrews of the Fragrance Creation Team at Procter & Gamble will be giving a talk, The science of scent: Adventures in a creative mind, at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London…
Andy Tauer of Tauer Perfumes will be making a public appearance at Scent Bar (the brick ‘n mortar arm of Luckyscent) in Los Angeles on Saturday, April 17 from 1 to 4 pm for the US debut of his new fragrance, Orange Star.
A rich citrus fragrance with a clean orange flower in its heart…
Scents and Medical Sensibility is an exhibit now running at the Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery at Smith Farm Center in Washington, DC:
Have you ever pondered how the olfactory sense affects visual perception, or how a scent can evoke a dormant childhood memory? In this unconventional exhibition…
Black balloons, filled with the scent of “Sexy Time,” a potent mix of chocolate, condoms, candles, post-coital bed sheets, sweat, nail polish, and lipstick–in short, the smell of a college student’s dorm room–filled the lobby of a Parsons auditorium on Friday, sending conference attendees off with a smelly jolt to their own weekends.
— From Sweet [...]
Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto (remember anthropodino at the NY Park Armory last year?) has another scented sculpture on display, this time at MoMA. Navedenga is scented with cloves, and 2 visitors can enter the space at a time…