Sissel Tolaas sniffs where others fear to tread. \u2018When other people start throwing up,\u2019 she says, \u2018that\u2019s when I start to work.\u2019 The self-professed scientist of smell has created cheese from David Beckham\u2019s sweat and finds the odour of ordure far more fascinating than what she calls \u2018cover-up...
With a new project that explores togetherness through smell, Berlin artist Sissel Tolaas is leading us by the nose
Sissel Tolaas sniffs where others fear to tread. ‘When other people start throwing up,’ she says, ‘that’s when I start to work.’ The self-professed scientist of smell has created cheese from David Beckham’s sweat and finds the odour of ordure far more fascinating than what she calls ‘cover-up perfumes’. But she has also recreated the scent of extinct flowers and encapsulated the life story of a Douglas fir tree in a Dinesen plank.
It may seem ironic that, since 2004, her work has been supported by International Flavors & Fragrances , one of the biggest global players in ‘cover-up perfumes’, whose perfumers have had a hand in everything from high-end fragrances forto the stuff you squirt down your sink. Yet the hook-up makes sense, since in the end, Tolaas and IFF are interested in the same things.
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