Tonight, we cut through the usual perfume-babble to illuminate
the art of fragrance.
Despite the millions of marketing dollars poured in, the
beauty of a fragrance can’t be predicted by cost, degree of
nudity in ads, or
appeal to nostalgia:
It all still relies upon
the perfumer’s
difficult art. The
lecture, scented
throughout with
examples, delves
into the enjoyment
of fragrance, the
chemical discoveries
that made
modern perfumery
possible, and the
enduring mystery
of how our noses figure it all out.
Luca Turin is a biophysicist at MIT, author of The Secret of
Scent, and chief technology officer for a fragrance molecule
design company. Co-author Tania Sanchez is widely published
on the topic of perfumes. Their book, Perfumes: The Guide
(Penguin), is available for signing. During the signing, Mr. Turin and Ms. Sanchez will be joined by Patricia de Nicolai, Parisian perfumer and director of the Osmotheque, the International Conservatory of Perfumes. Ms. de Nicolai will answer any questions and will sign her book, Once Upon a Time... Perfume, which will also be available for sale.
We'll enjoy a glass of bubbly following the program.
Fragrance representatives from Bloomingdale’s share perfume samples and provide each participant with a special gift.
Reservations required; no tickets sold at the door. Ticket and photo ID
required for admission. Business attire.
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