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  • Bottling Ghosts: Can & Should We Try to Capture the Scent of Our Dead Loved Ones?

    Bottling Ghosts: Can & Should We Try to Capture the Scent of Our Dead Loved Ones?

    In 2015 Kalain, a French start-up opened to a flurry of news articles. They claim to bottle the olfactive essence of your dead relatives for bereavement purposes. The process is simple; send them a scent infused item like a pillowcase, they work their magic, and bada bing bada boom you get a bespoke essence of your loved one Patrick

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  • Emerging Research on the Scent of Death

    Emerging Research on the Scent of Death

    Here at Death/Scent we tend to play with pleasant fragrances that are used to create an atmosphere of sacred space during death rituals. I am not, however, averse to talking about the darker side of scent. Especially when new research on the fetid haze of human decomposition may lead to improved forensic recovery. So let’s

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  • The Lost History of Women in Chemistry: The First Alchemist

    The Lost History of Women in Chemistry: The First Alchemist

    In the Indie perfume universe, the word alchemy pops up a lot. It graces the title of several popular companies. It also tends to be the word we use once words fail to describe the process of turning disparate ingredients into something more than the sum of their parts, something magical. As Clarke’s Third Law states:

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