The Scented Opera Smells Out
Filed under: Fragrance
A smell of a show! Photo courtesy of the Guggenheim
Earlier this week, Christophe Laudamiel, one of the industry's top perfumers (or "noses," as us perfumistas call them), completed the final sold out performance of his "Green Aria: A ScentOpera," a 30-minute opera accompanied by 30-plus scents, or as Laudamiel lovingly calls them, "characters."
In a darkened theater at the Guggenheim in NYC, the audience was treated to six-second blasts of a fragrance via a personal "scent microphone" affixed to the seats. Each smell helped tell the story about the tension between nature and technology.
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