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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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  • Turning the Bones Part I: Dance with the Perfumed Dead

    Turning the Bones Part I: Dance with the Perfumed Dead

    Places have souls; you experience them through their scents. What does Madagascar’s soul smell like? Mango and lemon chutney, recently plucked limes and papaya, fresh green coffee pods, and newly ground cocoa powder. It’s in homemade cinnamon-infused rum mixed with coconut milk (a Punch Coco), carved Rosewood figures rubbed with nutty Baobab oil, wild ylang-ylang

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