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The New Museum of Contemporary Art Scents the Bowery

Just in time for the holidays! Rafael de Cardenas / Architecture at Large has created limited edition air fresheners to go along …

Maria Candida Gentile

Maria Candida Gentile Crafts the Smell of Sadness for Luca Vitone’s Per L’Éternità

What smell can convey great sadness?  Rhubarb, according to Maria Candida Gentile. I was very excited to meet Gentile in person last …

Maria Loboda Recreates Smoking Room as Scented Garden

    “Smoking Room in a Private Palais in Brussels as Seen From the Entrance, 1905” is the title of an installation …

That Smells Radical: Fluxus Art Engages the Nose

In 1965, Takako Saito produced Spice Chess, consisting of a chess board whose pieces are filled with spices.  One can only recognize the …

Olfactory Resistance: Celebrating Mad Perfumista’s First Anniversary

It’s amazing to think that a year has gone by since I started this blog, and it has been an incredible journey. …

Maki Ueda

Deconstructing Chanel No. 5: Work by Maki Ueda

Considering a bottle is sold somewhere in the world every 6 seconds, Chanel No. 5 looms large in our cultural imagination. The …

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