Perfume production is treated as a material process of artistic research within The Smelling Brain.
Formulation is conducted in Italy through direct engagement with 100% natural raw materials, where scent develops over time through transformation and contact.
This practice follows a non-linear research path.
An olfactory language is constructed through experimentation and sustained interaction with matter, allowing structure to emerge over time through variation and exposure.
Perfumery functions as a system of encoding.
Through material processes, sensory and emotional information is translated into volatile form, enabling its preservation beyond immediate experience.
Natural raw materials act as temporal agents, carrying variation, instability, and decay.
These conditions are retained as part of the composition, allowing scent to operate as a living archive.
Perfume becomes a structure through which sensory states are held, stored, and reactivated — resisting disappearance while remaining in continuous transformation.
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