Books
Did You Know California Has a Museum of Scent?
A new book explores collector of natural essences Mandy Aftel’s interactive archive of scent in Berkeley.
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Art
In 1902, Audiences Turned Up Their Noses at the First Perfume Concert
On a New York stage, a poet and art critic named Sadakichi Hartmann attempted the first perfume concert, and it was a disaster.
Books
Matching the Smells of Musty Manuscripts with Chemical Compounds
Researchers at University College London studied the scents of old books to better understand how to identify and protect "heritage smells."
Art
Researchers Bury Their Noses in Books to Sniff Out the Morgan Library's Original Smell
Researchers at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York are capturing the smell of its old books to reconstruct the building's 1906 aroma.
Art
Climbing into a Mortuary Drawer to Smell the Scents of JFK’s Last Moments
In Famous Deaths, you experience the smells and sounds of the last four minutes of someone's life, all while closed inside a metal mortuary drawer.
News
What Does Color Smell Like?
That color and smell have a sensory connection is long-established, but there's debate about whether associating the smell of strawberries with red or smoke with black is something structured in our brains, based in language, or resulting from experience.
Art
Smells Like Art
Christophe Laudamiel is not a purist. “I love fabric softener,” asserts the world-renowned perfumer turned high art dissident. While he’s no snob about lowbrow smells, his exhibition Phantosmia - All But the Smell, which opened on Wednesday at the Dillon Gallery in Chelsea, is an olfactory treat. Ph