Many of you will be familiar with the smell of synthetic Oud in modern perfumes. This is not what we are talking about. We are talking about oud from nature, from a tree. Most of you would not have come across this smell in daily life unless you have spent some time in an Islamic culture. We will explore this culture today through the prism of scent.
The Islamic community is international, trans-racial, and when it comes to fragrance… trans-gender.
- Thomas Kruger
Recently we chatted with writer Woon Tai Ho about his fragrant journey to Bhutan. His fifth book is Riot Green. The word Riot in the title refers to colour. Riot Green is the name of a painting by a child prodigy.
We also have have 3 hard copies of Riot Green to giveaway.
Per fume, through smoke, she comes….
Her first appearance in New York is at The Temple of Love, Aedes de Venustus.
Denyse Beaulieu is jetting out of Paris for a waft around North America to launch her book, The Perfume Lover.
Book Giveaway and a Fragrant Reading List
John Oehler, author of the perfume thriller, Aphrodesia spoke on The Space Show website about The Smell of Space on Sunday. Continue reading for details and the archive link.
I like to think of the vibration theory of olfaction and its proponents as unicorns. The rest of us studying olfaction are horses.
- Professor Leslie Vosshall