Nez Magazine – #03 – The Sex of Scent

240 kr

The first ever periodical to be dedicated to scent and the sense of smell. Bringing together articles, interviews, surveys and critical analysis with an olfactory focus, Nez challenges us to use our noses to explore the world.

Art, literature, science, history, perfume… Nez is unique in its diverse and informative approach and helps us understand how our sense of smell connects us to the world.

The nose…
of an illustrator by Pascale Caussat

Odorama

The Herbarium: Blackcurrant bud by Patrice Revillard
Molecule under the microscope: Iso E Super by Olivier R.P. David
What’s that smell? Flowers (pollination, reproduction, protection) by Olivier R.P. David
Analysis: the car (new car smell, petrol, leather seats, the garage, magic trees) with scented pull-out card by Béatrice Boisserie

Connections

Artist: Peter de Cupere by Koan Jeff Baysa
Author: Baudelairean Aromas by Clara Muller
Open letter to a young perfumer by Jean-Claude Ellena
Olfactory portfolio: From Pigalle to Montmartre by Céline Ellena
Interview: Hippolyte Courty, owner of L’Arbre à café by Juliette Faliu
Perfumer’s Column, by Céline Ellena

Magazine

Interview: Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian by Sarah Bouasse
Report: Symrise Madagascan Vanilla by Cécile Clouet
Flashback: The Roaring Twenties by Yohan Cervi
The Fantasy Perfumery 1929: Louise Brooks, Agatha Christie, Helena Rubinstein, Al Capone, Charlie Chaplin, Duke Ellington by Léa Walter

Feature: The scent of sex

Sex sells: Seduction and the sexes in perfume advertising, by Delphine de Swardt
Incense, Cologne and testosterone: A history of male fragrance, by Eugénie Briot
Male/Female: How is gender characterised in scent?, by Denyse Beaulieu
Does love have an odour? Attraction through smell and hormones, by Éléonore de Bonneval
Pheromones: fact or fiction?, by Éléonore de Bonneval
The aroma of desire: sex dolls, strip clubs, scented products, love potions, by Guillaume Tesson

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