Perfume poetry project

Ettlinger gave the poem and following brief to each perfumer, "You might think of it as a "perfume brief" from a client who only communicates in published poetry. If you find the idea thought-provoking, perhaps you could send your thoughts on how you might go about creating this particular perfume, what notes you would be inclined to use, and how you feel your own individual artistic sensibility would be reflected in the final project. I'd be delighted with a few sentences or paragraphs; really - any participation at all would be greatly welcomed."

The perfumers involved in the project are:

• Mandy Aftel - Aftelier
• Lisa Fong - Artemisia Natural Perfume
• Yosh Han - Yosh Olfactory Sense
• Dawn Spencer Hurwitz - DSH Perfumes
• Rachel Jones - Virtue and Valor
• Vero Kern - vero.profumo
• Christophe Laudamiel - IFF,
• Anya McCoy - Anya's Garden
• Ineke Ruhland - Ineke
• Ayala Sender - Ayala Moriel Parfums
• Michael Storer - Michael Storer Fine Fragrances
• Andy Tauer - Tauer Perfumes
• Roxana Villa - Illuminated Perfumes
• Liz Zorn - Liz Zorn Perfumes

Visitors to Ettlinger's Memory & Desire website have the chance to win an exclusive prize (pictured) by leaving comments on the blog. Six of the perfumers (Fong, Spencer Hurwitz, McCoy, Sender, Storer and Tauer) actually made the perfume, which is part of the prize.

Read about the project at Memory & Desire

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