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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · 7d

New to bluesky?
Welcome. We're OlfaLabs

Things we're interested in talking about?

A short list, to get our conversation started:

#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · 7d

Who knew scratch and sniff billboard advertisements were a thing?

OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Sep 25

Sometimes inspiration hits you unexpectedly such as an interview on BBC Radio 4 Today yesterday at 8.50 with the writer of TV drama #SlowHorses about perceiving the disgusting smell of lead character Jackson Lamb.

💡OlfaLabs likes a challenge.
#olfaction
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

https://bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Jul 30

Do watch this delightful short video about Lyn Harris, the nose behind the brand Perfumer H in London.

#olfaction #inspiration #create #lab #science #perfume

vimeo.com/1092943872

Perfumer H 10th Anniversary

For our 10 years anniversary, Lyn takes you on her personal journey, in her own words. From the spark of inspiration to the final drop, experience the world as Lyn…

vimeo.com

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Jun 3

"The old-school Substacker: Luca Turin"

"Anyone can make the first five minutes of a fragrance, but the next three hours? Tricky."

Great article today in FT's HTSI lifestyle magazine. Words by Kate Finnigan, featuring photos by Joshua Tarn.

www.ft.com/content/62f0...

They smelt the future – and took it online

Social media is reshaping the fragrance industry. These are its unlikely new stars

www.ft.com

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Jun 3

Dear @lucaturin.bsky.social How do you feel about being referred to as "The old-school Substacker"?

Just reading Kate Finnigan's excellent piece in Financial Times today.

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · May 22

It still happens y'know. Remember to lavish some praise on them, it does wonders for motivation when the next tough assignment is given.

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · May 22

@mikebutcher.bsky.social With today's announcement of change of sovereignty of Chagos incl Diago Garcia where is that going to leave all the tech firms who use the .io domain? Do you have any visibity on this yet Mike? Literally thousands and thousands of tech firms could be impacted.

OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · May 20

Learn more about the history of Perfume Stories at Tate Liverpool, England.

www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...

Perfume Stories | Tate Liverpool + RIBA North

www.tate.org.uk

OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · May 20

Read this delightful report by Hannah Al-Othman about the work of Michael O'Shaughnessy.
It will surprise you.
It surprised us.

#PerfumeStories

📷 Christopher Thomond/The Guardian

www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Liverpool academic’s scent workshops help prisoners remember their past

After smelling fragrances inmates create poems, prose or drawings that recall holidays, park walks and sweet shops

www.theguardian.com

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Mar 15

Who knew?
Extraordinary.

Pia Long @perfumer-pia.bsky.social · Mar 15

This is SO interesting - we already knew about scented bricks and so on, but looks like there’s more…

Jonas Holm Jæger @jonasholmjaeger.bsky.social · Mar 15

Take a whiff of this!

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Mar 8

A fascinating area of research.

#anosmia #fSRP #septorhinoplasty #olfaction

www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/uclh-re...

UCLH research finds that Long Covid patients who lost sense of smell can be helped with surgery : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

A surgical operation normally carried out to correct a blocked nasal passage may help patients who lost their sense of smell after contracting a COVID-19 infection, according to new research from UCLH...

www.uclh.nhs.uk

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Feb 5

If a billion dollar startup is a 'unicorn' then what mythical animal life form is a trillion dollar startup?
Asking for a friend.

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Feb 5

Smell training?
Try this:

▪️Cloves
▪️Eucalyptus
▪️Lemon
▪️Rose

#olfaction #senses

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Jan 16

This is a splendid long-form piece by pallabg.bsky.social

Who'd have thought...
#perfume #innovation #olfaction #bioengineering #engineeringbiology #biotech

'Fatbergs turned into perfume: Britain's new industrial revolution' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Fatbergs turned into perfume: Britain's new industrial revolution

The UK led the way in this field of science until recently - but now other countries have overtaken. So, how can that lead be recovered?

www.bbc.co.uk

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Dec 27

Christmas perfumes: OlfaLabs is looking for statistics on the volumes of #juice sold each Christmas across the past decade (or since 2013) .

Are you able to suggest reliable sources for such data?

#dataanalytics #perfumes #manufacturing #distribution #retailing #statistics

OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Dec 6

Scentopia?
No kidding...!

Olfactory Art @olfactoryart.bsky.social · Nov 27

With the exhibition ‘SCENTOPIA’ @cultuurknokkeheist brings my universe of olfactory art related to our nature and climate change.
More info: www.scentopia.be

Photos by Celestien Snauwaert

#smell #olfactoryart #peterdecupere #cultureknokkeheist #scharpoord #climatechange #nature

OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Nov 24

New to bluesky?
A big welcome.

Things we're interested in talking about?
A short list, to get our conversation started:

#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital

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MODOLFOR @modolfor.bsky.social · Nov 20

Join us for the MODOLFOR Satellite Symposium on Modulation of Olfaction at the 16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in spring 2025 🐭🐝👃
@neurowissg.bsky.social

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Nov 19

Repost: This piece by #perfume industry expert Nick Gilbert on the #biotech of #scent is so visionary and well written we're putting it out there again. Read to the end.

'Futuristic fragrance: new biotech unlocks scents that have never been sniffed' | via CNN Style
edition.cnn.com/style/articl...

Never been sniffed: New tech, new scents | CNN

Perfumery has always been a profession shrouded in mystery; what really goes into fragrance and the way to capture scents are all unknown to the outside world.

edition.cnn.com

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Nov 19

Apologies.
Please try again with this URL

edition.cnn.com/style/articl...

Never been sniffed: New tech, new scents | CNN

Perfumery has always been a profession shrouded in mystery; what really goes into fragrance and the way to capture scents are all unknown to the outside world.

edition.cnn.com

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Nov 19

ICYMI: This piece by #perfume industry expert Nick Gilbert on the #biotech of #scent is so visionary and well written we're putting it out there again. Read to the end.

'Futuristic fragrance: new #biotech unlocks scents that have never been sniffed' | via CNN Style
edition.cnn.com/style/article/…

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/…

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Nov 19

Friendly so far.
Welcome Stephan.

OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Nov 16

New to bluesky? Welcome.

Things we're interested in talking about?

Here's a list to get started:

#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
#technology
#tech
#innovation

#OlfaLabs

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OlfaLabs London @olfalabs.bsky.social · Nov 16

Incredible to think that one part of the human #brain is exposed to the open air.

It's called the olfactory epithileum.

Without it, there is no sense of smell at all.

Just think about that.

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