Category Archives: Scent
February 25, 2013
Working in Japan, we designed for Japan, for Shiseido. There’s a story there, digging in, building the fluency of designing to another culture, in that culture; it’s not American design, transported to work in the Japanese markets, it’s designing with … Continue reading
January 31, 2013
The waft of scent and memory — deep fragrances from the earth, the forest, dark smoke and fire I was so dirty, with scent: the power of perfume, dirt, darkness and memory Lying on my bed, in a darkened bedroom, … Continue reading
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January 24, 2013
When you see something, does a scent come to mind? Sensing synaesthesia — the sensation of perfumed visualization.
December 7, 2012
The Design of Parfum | The Art Direction of Place
Diptyque | Paris Perfumed Environments: The Design of the Fragranced Retail Experience To every product, there is a story, to every story, there is a telling — and in every telling, there is a person that offers that tale. In … Continue reading
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November 14, 2012
The Deep Scent: Alcoholic Spirits, Perfume, and Distilled Essences
The perfume of booze: strategy, story, packaging Partnering in Paris, Tokyo and NYC with Pierre Dinand, we talked about — and worked together on — the idea of enchanted containment, ideating iconic containers of concretized, luxurious value as being a … Continue reading
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October 26, 2012
THE PERFUME OF INK, PAPER, WOOD AND LEAD
Notes on the Last Letterpress & the Last Paper Seller – DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES IN TRAVELING THE JOURNEY OF THE CRAFT, THERE’S A KEY TO RELEVANCE – IN THE SELLING ENTERPRISE, THE NOTION OF BRAND IN PLACE, BRAND IN THE … Continue reading
October 19, 2012
The smoke of fragranced experience: per-fume
The scent, the mist, the water. Morning crossing, Fidalgo Straits. (Photo credits ©Tim Girvin, 2010) Exploring the mist of scent, place and recollections Reaching back, in history and memory — a series of notations and reflections, about the heart of … Continue reading
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August 13, 2012
Designing perfumes for place: scent, memory, recollection, richness in experience
Creating sensate holism in place-making Color, perception, light — happiness in moment — personal voicing of story and gathered re-collection, all impact the moment of scent, the waft of an instant, reclaimed and recalled. summering scents — could be: wood … Continue reading
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June 25, 2012
Trending scent strategies | the track to knowledge
Trending scent strategies | the track to knowledgethe vocabulary of fragrances. Do you really know what you smell? I was in the subway, METRONYC with a colleague from GIRVIN | NYC – and, coming down to the running tracks, he … Continue reading
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April 2, 2012
What story, hi:story? HISTOIRES DE PARFUMS
What story, hi:story? HISTOIRES DE PARFUMS | Blackbird Apothecary –––––––––––––––––– What story, hi:story? Antique Chemistry and distillation equipment, here and below from Girvin blog story: Farmaceutica Santa Maria Novella | Girvin imagery What is the context of history in scent? … Continue reading