Posts

Sideshow

Image
 DARE TO WEAR  For my birthday, my mum gifted me a sample pack of 1ml perfumes from Bloom Perfumery. It was the Halloween special: "Dare-To-Wear perfumes".  "Just in time for Halloween, we have put together a selection of perfumes which are a bit of dare for a lot of noses. These perfumes might be too smoky, too chaotic, too sweet, too vulgar, too weird, and - let’s face it - too animalic (who wants to smell of horses?). Although the threshold of acceptable or pleasant is subjective, we relied on peoples’ reactions to the perfumes we selected for this edit. When presenting these fragrances in the shop, we continually witness people recoiling, having a very puzzled look, or implying a silent question as to why the perfumer decided to create something so surprising. However, why not give these formulas exploring the frontiers of possibility a chance in this spooky season?"  With my interest in all things you can only dare to be curious about, it was the perfect pack f
Post a Comment
Read more

Chez Lucinda

Image
Hello Everybody and  Thank You for reading, Lucinda NEZ LUCINDA CHEZ LUCINDA Perfume was an interest that mushroomed for me; from curating my collection of  Impulse spray cans at 10, to rationing a 5ml atomiser of Serge Luten's liquid gold  Cannibale  at 20. For the artist, s cent is an element just as imperative as space, visuals, sound, and context. With this Blog, I aim to voyage into the medium of smell- seriously. Will I find art?  THE VOYAGEUR The experience of the perfume is heightened by 'setting the stage'. Where are you? Are you sitting? Is it dark? Are you outside? How do you feel already? What can you hear, is there music playing?  Is it loud and bass-y, or distant and echoey? Are you alone? Are you prepared?  These variables hark back to a formula I made, in how to heighten the artist's experience. It was for a project looking into the Cruelty of Art, the major influence being Artaud's Theatre of Cruelty. To begin the formula, you must find  a 'cru
Post a Comment
Read more