Description
How is our sense of smell connected with our mind and body? The sixth edition of Nez looks at perfume’s therapeutic and spiritual roles, and explores the influence of odours in our daily lives on our health, our mood and our emotions.
THE NOSE OF AUTHORS
Literature and perfume, an age-old love story.
ICONS
Making good use of their noses, each in their own manner contributes to the world of olfaction.
ODORAMA
Everything you always wanted to know about smell but were afraid to ask.
The Story of Vanillin
The Lily, a mute royal Flower
Analysing the smells of exercise
CONNECTIONS
Invisible yet undeniable, smells feature in all creative fields.
Andy Warhol’s permanent Smell Collection
Banho de Cheiro, Invigoration for Mind and Body
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Scents of the amazon captured by Thierry Ardouin
Yu hui tseng, Tea Master
‘Avant-garden’, the Perfumery of the Future
Papuan Spirits at the Quai Branly Museum in Paris
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Olfactory Column by Céline Ellena
Magazine
Exploring the world of perfume through its origins, its trade secrets, its history and its professionals.
Patchouli : an endangered treasure
Interview: Isabelle doyen
Flashback: the 1980s
The Fantasy Perfumery
MIND & BODY
Examining the relationship between our nose, our body and our mind through the prism of history, health, research, religion and psychoanalysis.
Interview with Annick le Guérer : Perfume, the original medicine
A nose for ailments : Using odour to screen for disease
The Debate about Aromatherapy : Can essential oils really be dangerous?
Scents with superpowers : How do perfumers influence our Emotions?
A pure Mind in a polluted Body : incense, smoke… the Smells of the Sacred
The Subconscious of Scent : what our Fragrances eveal about us
PERFUME PAGES
From consumer products to works of art, Nez takes a look behind the scenes of the perfume industry, and also appraises the 30 new fragrances making the news.
Investigation: Scent Marketing, a Secret Weapon of Mass Seduction
Behind the Brand Neela Vermeire Créations
Genealogy: L’Origan by Coty
The Selection: What’s new, and our Picks: perfumes, cosmetics and Home Fragrance
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Point of view : The deceptive sense
