Innovation – Ani Liu has used emerging technologies to create human-scented perfumes

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Ani Liu makes human-scented perfume by capturing volatile molecules from a person’s garment in a solvent for several weeks and then distilling the solution through traditional glassware.

Imagine bottling the scent of someone you love, eternalizing them forever, allowing you to dive into a fond memory of that person with just one whiff. Ani Liu has figured out how to make this sci-fi sounding fantasy a reality.

Liu is an artist who uses technology and science to develop multi-sensory experiences. Her work pulls from tools used in architecture, augmented reality, and synthetic biology—creating art that examines the social, cultural, and emotional effects of these emerging technologies.

Who did she bottled so far? She did around six people: Her husband, herself, her parents, a lab mate, and the chemist that was helping out. Using her parents … was very emotionally driven. She knows there will be a time when they pass away, so it was to create a time capsule of them before they passed.

It’s time for the weekend!!! Yours, Fran

The sleepiest print ad ever made

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Franziska Josteit, Gary Rolf, IKEA, In-Imitable, lavender, Memac Ogilvy, music, night, noise, print ad, Rohit Venkatesh, Sömnig, sleep

Ikea’s print ad serves a useful purpose by aiming to help people get a good night’s sleep.

“Sömnig”, which is Swedish for sleepy, was designed to be torn out of a magazine and placed beside a bed to demonstrate the quality of Ikea’s mattresses. When activated, it emits a white noise frequency that masks unwanted noises.

It also includes an aromatic lavender port and was printed using lavender infused ink, a scent which is known to help relax muscles and lower heart rate.

Nighty night! Yours, Fran

Immersive cocktail experience in London

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In a secret room hidden in the ever-sophisticated Berkeley hotel in London, there exists an immersive cocktailing experience like no other on the planet…

It’s called “Out of the Blue”, and it’s something like a cross between a very fancy cocktail bar and a very advanced virtual reality project. Rest assured, it’s the first of its kind—and a substantial amount of booze is involved.

To participate, you’ll you’ll visit the website and make a reservation. The room only accommodates four people per hour, so you can imagine it’s a pretty hot ticket…

The room is a 360-degree projection environment, meaning you’ll be surrounded on all sides by screens capable of transporting you to some very nice places. Thankfully, they’ve specifically designed film, combined with molecular scents, to match a totally bespoke set of four taster-sized cocktails.

The whole experience is basically cocktail-induced synesthesia.

Enjoy your sunday! Yours, Fran

Scents of Conditions – Peter de Cupere

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‘Scents of Conditions’ are a serie of three different scented smoke benches realised by Peter de Cupere in 2017.

Through a series of delicate mechanisms created by the artist, each of these three benches envelopes the unsuspecting visitor that takes a seat with the scent of a particular condition accompanied by smoke.

The first bench, made of wood, gives off the scent of unadulterated nature comprised of notes of grass, wood and flowers. This is inspired by De Cupere’s nostalgia of a time when one could easily access a far less polluted nature than what those inhabiting urban spaces typically experience nowadays.

The second bench – made from stone – exhausts fumes of industrial pollution. This bench presents a stark juxtaposition to the delicate setting of a Venetian garden, stirring an immediate reaction to an urgent matter.

The final bench is white and surrounds the unsuspecting visitor in a cloud of smell commonly associated with human bodies that have only recently lost life. The scent of death is precisely created for its emotional potency and the profound effect it has on those present.

This video shows Peter on one of the benches:

It’s amazing how productive one person can be! There are so many projects from Peter that are relevant for the smell art scene!

Yours, Fran

 

Woman can smell Parkinson’s disease

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A British woman who can smell Parkinson’s disease has helped scientists discover 10 molecules linked to the condition which could lead to the first diagnostic test.

Joy Milne, conducting an experiment by sniffing a t-shirt to see if it’s owner has Parkinson’s disease.

It all began when Mrs Milne claimed she detected a change in the odour of her husband six years before he was diagnosed with the condition.

When researchers conducted tests with Mrs Milne they found that she was indeed able to distinguish people living with Parkinson’s from people without the condition by smelling skin swabs taken from both groups.

In one case, Mrs Milne identified an individual who had Parkinson’s, but at the time had not been diagnosed yet with the condition, because the person had no symptoms.

Now scientists have identified the 10 molecules which appear in high concentration of the skin swabs from Parkinson’s patients.

Our future looks much brighter! Happy holidays for you! Yours, Fran   

Soothe your baby with your familiar heartbeat and unique smell

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Hugsy is part of a collaboration between Kickstarter, the Dutch Design Foundation and several Dutch Design projects. This project is now on Kickstarter and was showcased during the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven.

In short, this is how the Hugsy works:

So when the baby is falling asleep without having the mom close, it can still hear her heartbeat and smell her unique scent.

Here is a nice video to get the full story!

It‘s obviously just a replacement for real physical contact, but a good start!

Yours, Fran

*** BRAND NEW ***

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beverage, blog, cocktail, DIY, flavor, flowers, fragrance, Franziska Josteit, gin, In-Imitable, mixing, perfume, scent, syrup, workshop

Hello people,

I’m happy to tell you that nowadays I am offering workshops as well. It’s all about creativity with mixing scent & flavor.

Check out the Airbnb From Flowers to Syrup experience for instance.

For more options, just click the ‘Workshop‘ button on my blog.

The idea is to host groups for bachelor parties, team building events, or gift sets that you create for friends. Great Christmas present as well!

Let’s mix & match together! I’m happy to inspire you. Yours, Fran

 

Givaudan launches an educative beauty application

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Now available on Apple Store and Google Play, “Active Beauty” is a new educative app launched by Givaudan that aims to help all the players in the cosmetics industry in decoding, understanding and mastering the skin and hair composition while explaining and showing the different interactions of active cosmetic ingredients into the skin or scalp.

The app is the result of the collaboration between cellular biology experts, scientific communication specialists and digital application designers. It aims to offer an immersive beauty experience, a 360° virtual reality inspiring and educative discovery journey. Created in both 2D and 3D, the application shows the intimate structure of the human skin and hair with rich and detailed explanations.

Just another example of the digital innovation that opens new ways of communicating and sharing with customers. Well done!

Yours, Fran

San Fran – a green paradise

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I am visiting a friend of mine in San Francisco at the moment and have to tell you about the gorgeous vegetation over here!

Wherever you pass by, you notice never-seen trees/ plants/ cactus/ flowers.

Crazy trees with red fluff or hanging flowers… just wonderful to see! So i googled quickly what variety the city really offers:

You can do great hikes too, where you can smell a combination of eucalyptus and laurier trees – a true scentsation 😎

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Greetings from my holidays! Yours, Fran

Let’s look at how dogs smell – lesson learned!

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Alexandra Horowitz, blog, dog, fragrance, Franziska Josteit, In-Imitable, knowledge, nose, perfume, scent, smelling, TED Ex

You may have heard the expression that dogs ‘see with their noses.’ But these creature’s amazing nasal architecture actually reveals a whole world beyond what we can see. Alexandra Horowitz illustrates how the dog’s nose can smell the past, the future and even things that can’t be seen at all.

Lesson learned? Have a great week! Yours, Fran