NEZ, The Olfactory Magazine – Number 03: The Sex of Scent

The first ever periodical to be dedicated to scent and the sense of smell. Bringing together articles, interviews, surveys and critical analysis with an olfactory focus, Nez challenges us to use our noses to explore the world.

Art, literature, science, history, perfume… Nez is unique in its diverse and informative approach and helps us understand how our sense of smell connects us to the world.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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The nose…
of an illustrator by Pascale Caussat

Odorama

• The Herbarium: Blackcurrant bud by Patrice Revillard
• Molecule under the microscope: Iso E Super by Olivier R.P. David
• What’s that smell? Flowers (pollination, reproduction, protection) by Olivier R.P. David
• Analysis: the car (new car smell, petrol, leather seats, the garage, magic trees) with scented pull-out card by Béatrice Boisserie

Connections

• Artist: Peter de Cupere by Koan Jeff Baysa
• Author: Baudelairean Aromas by Clara Muller
• Open letter to a young perfumer by Jean-Claude Ellena
• Olfactory portfolio: From Pigalle to Montmartre by Céline Ellena
• Interview: Hippolyte Courty, owner of L’Arbre à café by Juliette Faliu
• Perfumer’s Column, by Céline Ellena

Magazine

• Interview: Perfumer Francis Kurkdjian by Sarah Bouasse
• Report: Symrise Madagascan Vanilla by Cécile Clouet
• Flashback: The Roaring Twenties by Yohan Cervi
• The Fantasy Perfumery 1929: Louise Brooks, Agatha Christie, Helena Rubinstein, Al Capone, Charlie Chaplin, Duke Ellington by Léa Walter

Feature: The scent of sex

• Sex sells: Seduction and the sexes in perfume advertising, by Delphine de Swardt
• Incense, Cologne and testosterone: A history of male fragrance, by Eugénie Briot
• Male/Female: How is gender characterised in scent?, by Denyse Beaulieu
• Does love have an odour? Attraction through smell and hormones, by Éléonore de Bonneval
• Pheromones: fact or fiction?, by Éléonore de Bonneval
• The aroma of desire: sex dolls, strip clubs, scented products, love potions, by Guillaume Tesson

Perfume pages

• Analysis: The impact of blogs Awards on perfume brands by Eddie Bulliqi
• Meet the brand: Arquiste by Angela Sanders
• A genealogy: Ambre Antique by Coty by Juliette Faliu and Alexis Toublanc

Opinion: Synesthesia by Alexis Toublanc

Perfume reviews and editors’ picks

Events/Books