Art + Olfaction

The Institute for Art and Olfaction is a California based non-profit that advances public and artistic engagement with scent. The IAO is also the home to the Art and Olfaction Awards, celebrating creativity, innovation and excellence in global independent, artisan and experimental perfumery.

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Announcing the Finalists for the 2015 Art and Olfaction Awards!

We’re pleased to announce the finalists for the 2015 Art and Olfaction Awards in the Artisan, Independent and Experimental categories.

FINALISTS: ARTISAN CATEGORY

A City on Fire by Imaginary Authors Perfumer: Josh Meyer Portland, USA

Eau de Céleri by Monsillage Perfumer: Isabelle Michaud Montreal, Canada

Foxglove by DS & Durga Perfumers: David Seth Moltz and Kavi Moltz New York, USA

Tobacco Cognac by House of Cherry Bomb Perfumers: Alexis Karl and Maria McElroy New York, USA

Woodcut by Olympic Orchids Perfumer: Ellen Covey Seattle, USA

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FINALISTS: INDEPENDENT CATEGORY

Black Pepper & Sandalwood by Acca Kappa Perfumer: Luca Maffei Treviso, Italy

Boccanera by OrtoParisi Perfumer: Allessandro Guialtieri Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Ombre Indigo by Olfactive Studio Perfumer: Mylène Alran Paris, France

Pashay, by Ray Matts Perfumer: Christophe Laudamiel New York, USA

Skive by Canoe Perfumer: Jessica Hannah Austin, USA

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FINALISTS: SADAKICHI AWARD

Catalin Creative Team: Charles Long, Carrie Paterson, Karen Reitzel, Seth Hawkins, Emery Martin, Michael Mascha Venue: The Contemporary Austin Austin and Los Angeles, USA

Chroma Creative Team: Dawn Spencer Hurwitz Venue: Denver Art Museum Denver, USA

Crime and Punishment Creative Team: Mike McGinley, Charles McGinley, Noah Bremer, Ben Heywood Venue: Minnesota Fringe Festival Minnesota, USA

Famous Deaths Creative Team: Marcel van Brakel, Frederik Duerinck, Wander Eikelboom, Caro Verbeek Venue: Museum of the Image (MOTI) Breda, The Netherlands

In Libro De Tenebris Creative Team: Paul Schütze Venue: Maggs Gallery London, England

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Jim Hodges, 'The Dark Gate' Hodges uses Shalimar as an olfactory component in this piece.

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#RaimerJochims #NADA (at Deauville Beach Resort)

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lovely.

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In Miami for Art Basel? Make sure to stop by Collins Park for the Public sector, curated by our very own Nicholas Baume!

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A brief life history of the artist and designer Isamu Noguchi

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The People's Perfumery

Saskia Wilson-Brown doesn't think art just has to be visual, nor does she think perfume just has to be something high-brow. At her new, Downtown L.A. studio,...

A video from when we first opened the IAO. How far we've come!

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The Art and Olfaction Awards

Celebrating Independent and Artisan Perfumery

The Art and Olfaction Awards is an awards mechanism devoted to independent practices in perfumery. We accept submissions from artisan perfumers, independent perfume houses, and experimental practitioners from around the world.

Two weeks left to send in your work from 2014: Submissions are due on December 19th.

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Bern Biennial: Urban Scent Walk (English)

The Scent Culture Institute invites you to the 2014 Biennale Bern for the Urban Scent Walk, an hour-long olfactory tour of old-town Bern. The walk presents more than a dozen scents created by Swiss perfumer, Andreas Wilhelm, in a variety of media: some evoking historic olfactory memories of the city; some invoking imaginary scents, be they mythological, conceptual, or abstract; and some sensitizing our urban experience and creating awareness of the deodorization of our environments and hierarchy of—and ambivalence towards—scents in it. The walk was conceived by Dr. Claus Noppeney and is curated by Ashraf Osman, who will be conducting the English tour on Sunday. The other tours, in German, will be conducted by Marta Kwiatkowski. We hope to see you there!

Explore the old town of Bern by nose: How does Bern smell today? What stories do the fragrant and the foul smells in the city tell? How does smell permeate life in the city?  The Urban Scent Walk explores the old town of Bern as a smellscape and an olfactory exhibition: informative, discursive, performative. The guided walk opens up unfamiliar facets in spaces of everyday life. The Situationists spoke of “dérive”, meaning the exploration of cities by wandering through varied environments: natural scents, cloying designer fragrances, fresh site-specific interventions, and cosmetic urban smells.  Odors are hardly ever specifically noted, although they interact with each breath: in a direct manner, volatile molecules produce the moods that characterize the atmosphere of the city. “Smells make it possible to identify locations and to identify with places,” says the philosopher Gernot Böhme. In other words, the nose brings experience that the eyes, mouth and ears are shut out of.  The Urban Scent Walk brings awareness to the sense of smell and expanded perception. The walks are aimed both at locals and interested visitors of Bern who want to explore the city from new angles. 

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They're doing amazing work - over at ScentCulture.

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In June 2014 the Institute of Art and Olfaction in Los Angeles organized and hosted an informal talk and discussion with Claus Noppeney: http://artandolfaction.com/2014/04/4221/talk-social-science-of-olfactory-art

He presented insights from the current projects at Bern. The slide on...

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Did you know scent could be incorporated in art? It’s common the public, at large, bypass scents in their environment but that’s soon to change. Saskia Wilson-Brown, founded the first public institution on the west coast to support the practice of perfumery and all the creative mediums around...

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New logo for the Art and Olfaction Awards.

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Albert Camus

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Writer at Work.

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The new look of the #indiefragrancecriterion really just the original look. cc @tigerlilyperfumery via Instagram http://ift.tt/S4e23i

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This is just so amazing.

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Emblematic Alchemy in English verse, with an English version of the Visio mystica of Arnold of Villanova – Ripley scroll*

*Sir George Ripley (ca. 1415–1490) was an English author and alchemist.

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COM/COL

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Snapshots of the first annual Art and Olfaction Awards featuring:

1. Tanja Bochnig of April Aromatics, accepting the Golden Pear Award in the Artisan Category for the fragrance Calling All Angels.

2. Saskia Wilson-Brown, founder of The Institute for Art and Olfaction and the first annual Art and Olfaction Awards.

3. Christine Giberson (Production) and Ilene Hoffman (Finalists Liason) at the Finalist Table.

4. Beau Rhee (Atelier De Geste, finalist for Blood Sweat Tears)  and Saskia Wilson-Brown.

5. Reception guests

6. LuckyScent co-founder Adam Eastwood and his lovely wife.

7. Reception guests

8. Saskia having quick chat with Mik Coyle (MIK MOI, finalist for Vesper) and Yosh Han (Yosh, co-winner in the Independent Category for König).

9. Reception guests

10. Time for a quick selfie before the awards start (Tanja Bochnig, Yosh Han, Beau Rhee).

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And congratulations to ALL the finalists of the 2014 Art + Olfaction Awards! So amazing to see those who were able to make it out to the Goethe-Institut in LA last night - the passion and energy was palpable.