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The Institute for Art and Olfaction

The Institute for Art and Olfaction is devoted to advancing public access to the practice of working with scent. We support and create equity within the fragrance industry through experimentation, education, curation, and partnerships. Through these efforts, we extend the world of scent beyond its traditional boundaries of appreciation and use.

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2 Submitted Ideas

  • CREATE ·2022 Grants Challenge

    Open Source Scent Initiative

    The Open Source Scent Initiative will support new perfumery practices and ensure better representation within the perfume industry through three core programs. A reference library will house an evolving collection of books and aromatic molecules. An online database will collect archival and public domain knowledge about perfumery and olfactory art. Education, mentorship and a funded accelerator award will build on this shared knowledge to give new practitioners the support and technical training they need to start their own companies.

  • CREATE ·2019 Grants Challenge

    Perfume Garden at GrowGood

    We will plant and maintain a garden devoted to botanical aromatics, serving the community of homeless men, and women (many of them veterans) housed at the adjacent Bell Homeless Shelter. This Perfume Garden will be activated by a rich slate of workshops on topics relating to scent as an accessible and meaningful creative practice. Garden and workshops alike will serve GrowGood’s mission to provide green space, work opportunities and a beautiful space for the shelter’s population.

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