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Repository 232: Analog is the New New for your Nose
Today the BBC has posted an article about why we don’t have scent coming through our television sets yet. The article lightly explores the attempts of years past, all the way up to some in-process attempts right now around the VR (Virtual Reality) hubbub. It’s exciting to think about, and whenever something is exciting and flashy, it’s pertinent to consider it critically. While I researched historic films and innovative design projects using scent for my book Nose Dive (2019), I…
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Repository 221: NOSE DIVE | Book Launch
I’m thrilled to share the launch of my book “Nose Dive”! The book is available for shipping on August 4. I will also having an informal talk, where I will have the books at Fumerie in Portland, Oregon on August 10, 2019. Please RSVP to the event if you would like to join. I look forward to your throughts on the book, and starting a new dialogue on scent, olfaction and art. From the back cover: “Adventures for your nose…
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Repository 99: Bon Mots | The Science of Scent | Luca Turin on Scent
Continuing my olfactory research and armchair scent travel, I just completed the Luca Turin book “The Secret of Scent, Adventures in Perfume and the Science of Smell.” Luca Turin is a biophysicist and has a remarkable career in the perfume world designing fragrance molecules for major perfume and flavor companies. The title of the book is deceiving – the secret of scent remains a secret after reading it. Unlike Mandy Aftel, whose book I also completed last month titled “Essence…
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