27.10.08

edible perfume

I'll hold a workshop at FoAM in Brussel (Belgium) on the 16th of November. For this workshop I've made a small experiment of making an 'edible perfume', inspired by the idea of flavor coupling in the world of molecular gastronomy.

The experimentation is about making a flavored / perfumed liquor with lavender and rose.



Left: lavender
Right: rose

[Extraction process]

Lavender in solvent


Rose in solvent.








[Composition process]

recipe

  • lavender extract, 1ml
  • rose extract, 1 ml



[Result]

It's very bitter, so it's better to add some fruit sugar. The taste of rose is slightly stronger, but it makes me really feel like ingesting a perfume, so I'd leave it like this. A nice flowery smell is still present in my throat after a couple of minits of ingestion. It's a nice sensation between tasting and smelling.


[Why did I choose rose and lavender combination?]

Inspired by the idea of flavor coupling, I was looking for a "good couple" to test. "He" and "she" should contain common substance(s). At the perfumery school in Grasse I've learned that there is a common chemical substance in rose oil and lavender oil.

lavender oil - main substances

  • Linalool (10 - 20 %)
  • Linalyl acetate (30 - 60%)
  • Camphor
  • Terpene
  • 1,8-Cineol
  • Lavanduol
  • Lavandulyl Acetate

rose oil (Damascus) - main substances

  • Citronellol (45 - 50% )
  • Geraniol
  • Nerol
  • Linalool (20 - 25%)
  • Phenyl ethyl alcohol (1 - 2 %)
  • Nonyl alcohol
  • eugenol
Their common factor is Linalool. They both contain about 20 % of it. This substance is expected to connect between them flavor wise.

24.10.08

Smelly book

This is the catalogue of the exhibition If there ever was - an exhibition of extinct and impossible smells - .





All the smells exhibited are printed with microencapsulation. It's the book for scratch & sniff.

If There Ever Was: a book of extinct and impossible smells
ISBN: 978-0-9557478-0-9 (rrp £12.00)
distributed by: Cornerhouse, www.cornerhouse.org
published by: Art Editions North

19.10.08

The smell of space

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1078215/Ever-wondered-space-smells-like-Fried-steak-hot-metal-say-scientists.html

It's an project by Steven Pearce, who also participated in the exhibition If there ever was in Suderland, U.K.

guest teacher at the Rietvelt Academy Amsterdam

One of the teacher at the Rietvelt Academy in Amsterdam asked me to participate in the students' project with the theme object / symbol / culture.

The students and the 4 guests (including me) were asked to bring one object and tell about it and himself/herself in 1 or 2 minutes.



They brought brick, egg... and


card,


walnut,



and an apple that's naturally dried 11 years ago.


I wanted to bring something invisible and olfactory, but the 'object' had to be something to be photographed. So I brought this necklace. It's made with massive sandalwood, so it's not just a necklace but also a perfume. By wearing it the sandalwood gets heated by the body temperature and its fragrance gets subtly diffused. It's an object where function, material, and form interact each other.

Now students have 2 weeks to create T-shirts with their own ideas, and we'll get together in the beginning of November again for their presentation.

10.10.08

citysense [wietske]

CitySense
Garaj Istanbul, Turkey
20.09.2008.


citysense [wietske]
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citysense [scheerder & mens]

CitySense
Garaj Istanbul, Turkey
20.09.2008.


citysense [ueda]

CitySense
Garaj Istanbul, Turkey
20.09.2008.


citysense [ueda]
Originally uploaded by basak senova

citysense [van der heide]

CitySense
Garaj Istanbul, Turkey
20.09.2008.


citysense [ueda]

CitySense
Garaj Istanbul, Turkey
20.09.2008.


citysense [ueda]
Originally uploaded by basak senova

citysense [ueda]

CitySense
Garaj Istanbul, Turkey
20.09.2008.


citysense [ueda]
Originally uploaded by basak senova

citysense [ueda]

CitySense
Garaj Istanbul, Turkey
20.09.2008.


citysense [ueda]
Originally uploaded by basak senova

citysense [ueda]

CitySense
Garaj Istanbul, Turkey
20.09.2008.


citysense [ueda]
Originally uploaded by basak senova

citysense [ueda]

CitySense
Garaj Istanbul, Turkey
20.09.2008.


citysense [ueda]
Originally uploaded by basak senova

citysense [ueda]

CitySense
Garaj Istanbul, Turkey
20.09.2008.


citysense [ueda]
Originally uploaded by basak senova

citysense [garaj istanbul]

CitySense
Garaj Istanbul, Turkey
20.09.2008.


citysense
Originally uploaded by basak senova

4.10.08

chocolate lipstick

Wow! I would like to 'taste' it!
chocolate lipstick

2.10.08

Drop a line @ Brussels

Drop a line

choreographer: Heine R. Avdal / Deep Blue
date: 30-31.08.2008
place: Kaaitheater, Brussels Belgium

As a scent artist I've participated in the piece.



Making a "Moss Lotion" on-site, as a performative object and as a part of the stage set









The accord of Moss Perfume became more satisfactory than the performance in 2007. It became more earthy, and at the same time warm and fresh like the atmosphere of forest.

Perfuming the space was not adequate because there was almost no ventilation there. So optimizing the smell of moss in the space was more crucial.



Thank you everyone participating in this performance, especially Heine and Yukiko for giving me this chance again!

1.10.08

weed pesto

Gastronomic art is also a field of my interest and inspirational source. Last weekend I've encounter the great project by
Gina Kranendonk & Paul Vinken

Gina made something for the sense of taste and the stomach.

White liquor with colorful flowers






weed pesto


This is the weed ! The taste of the pesto was better than expected. It has a little medicinal flavor.


Served with 'oost indische kers' - an edible flower.


Jam with 'paardenbloemen'


Paul made the greenhouse-like frame.


He also made a hut facing the lake.


It's an autumn... Black berry I found on the way home.