Showing posts with label smell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smell. Show all posts
Saturday, November 1, 2025

Eau Maybe: Inspiration for Dr. Carruthers Character in The Devil Bat (1940)

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Bela Lugosi as Dr. Carruthers, a perfumer, in The Devil Bat (L), and Dr. Wallace Hume Carothers, a chemist, as himself (R).       Thirteen i...
Friday, August 29, 2025

Marcel Duchamp & Georges Perec Write a Faux Fragrance Article in the Afterlife

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Image of Grey-Crowned Cranes by Frankie from Germany via Pixabay Part I: The Article A novel line of seven perfumes is created by an eclecti...
Monday, March 3, 2025

Recommended Reading: The Forgotten Sense by Jonas Olofsson

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Interview with scientist Jonas Olofsson, author of  The Forgotten Sense There are many things one can say about The Forgotten Sense: The New...
Sunday, November 24, 2024

Anatomy of a Tic Tac Orange Mint

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The orange flavor of Tic Tac Orange Mints unfolds like the experience of eating an orange out of hand. Flavor chemists want you to think of ...
Monday, March 25, 2024

Algorithm This: A Math of the Senses

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Untitled (c.1980) ©Paulina Peavey Estate / Andrew Eldin Gallery, NYC A Math of the Senses  by Michelle Krell Kydd "It’s through sound t...
Monday, March 18, 2024

The Scent of Morphia and Confabulation

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Stripped Cat by Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita (1924) Our story begins and nearly ends for a cat, introducing us to its peculiar owner and an un...
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Reading This? You Might Be WEIRD

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Untitled Image by Joe Brainard (1942-1994) “If I’m as normal as I think I am, we’re all a bunch of weirdos.”—Joe Brainard, artist, poet and ...
Monday, February 19, 2024

Myrrh Casati Perfume by Mona di Orio

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How we relate to the smell of a perfume can change over time.  I purchased  Myrrh Casati by Mona di Orio in 2014. There was something about...
Tuesday, September 26, 2023

Smell and the Past: Noses, Archives and Narratives by William Tullett

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December 31, 2023 marks the end of  Odeuropa 's research grant, which is focused on  olfactory heritage.  The scope of their work and ...
Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Smell Edition: | Issue 32 of Garland Magazine (2023 Sensorium Series)

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Craft offers a lingua franca between cultures. It sits outside the developmental narrative, which is mostly about catching up with the West....
Monday, September 11, 2023

Smell & Tell Event | AI, Machine Learning and Smells!

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Spock smells "the spores" and sees the future. Smell & Tell | AI, Machine Learning and Smells!  Date: Wednesday, September 20,...
Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Steffen Arctander: Fragrance Expert and Game Show Contestant

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Perfume and Flavor Materials of Natural Origin by Steffen Arctander is the go-to source for flavor and fragrance descriptions related to...