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Liam R. Findlay 👃

@liamrfindlay.bsky.social

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👃 Theme Park & Museum Smell Specialist 📚 Author of The Doom Town Dummies 🏰 Attraction designer

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · Feb 7

What a treat to represent AromaPrime for this article in The Guardian!

I discuss how themed smells are developed, with a focus on scary attractions. 👻

The article will be printed on Saturday. 👃
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Experience: I create smells that scare people

The scents that get people gagging the most are usually bin juice or rotting fish

www.theguardian.com

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 23h

We criticise UK theme parks for unthemed construction barriers that spoil the atmosphere.

Meanwhile, *Buckingham Palace* has its regal facade permanently littered with these 👷‍♂️

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 1d

Hotel Hightower

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 2d

It wasn't until I finished editing this that I realised it's probably incorrect to call her 'Antoinette' like it's a surname. More importantly, what did she smell like? 🍰

@aromaprime.bsky.social supported AVM Curiosities in the development of a smell for the Victoria and Albert Museum.

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 3d

Yesterday, I was excited to find smell stations in Harrods!

A staff member told me that they had been inspired by smell stations in a Bordeaux wine museum.

Visual representations of the smells featured are seen within bell jars. The smells actually come from within the table structures. 💨

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 8d

More old documents

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 8d

This is my big drawer of themed smell history!

It is full of documents and artefacts, some going back decades. I often refer to these when working on my smell handbook.

Do you recognise anything here? 🔍

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 9d

I was interviewed for a Japanese newspaper, The Asahi Shimbun!

The article talks about the AromaPrime smells onboard the museum ship Brunel's SS Great Britain.

globe.asahi.com/article/1603...

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 9d

Does anyone else hear it as "Woahl come to this happy place"

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 9d

It was wonderful to attend the IAAPA Expo Europe, representing @aromaprime.bsky.social! 🎡

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 11d

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 13d

At the airport to go home, and the IAAPA networking continues!

On the same flight as Tom and Ruth from Blooloop ✨

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 14d

A lovely first day at the IAAPA Expo Europe, and a treat to find my project about historic Disneyland smells in Park World magazine!

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 15d

Having a lovely time at the IAAPA Expo Europe after the plane for Barcelona landed in Valencia last night due to a storm and I banded together with a ragtag team to drive down the coast for several hours before getting to my hotel at 6:30am

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 16d

My book The Doom Town Dummies is two years old!

Thank you to everyone who has got a copy. I am glad to see so many have enjoyed it. 😊☂️

Order your copy here!
www.amazon.co.uk/Doom-Town-Du...

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 21d

A nice write-up about my recently completed project, which involved recreating five smells from Disneyland's history 😊🏰✨

More information: youtu.be/FRuRyccDjVI?...

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FUN FUN FUN with Disney Dan Becker @funfunfunpod.bsky.social · 24d

Disney Dan Becker is joined by @liamrfindlay.bsky.social ‬- a Theme Park & Museum Smell Specialist! They discuss the history of smells in theme parks and Dan gets to sample what Disneyland smelled like in the 60's!

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 25d

Respectfully, AI generated imagery in an event poster communicates that it's an amateur production 🤓

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Claire Turner @claireturner.bsky.social · 26d

Back home after a brilliant day at York as part of their Public History Conference where I hosted a workshop on the ethics of using sensory technology in heritage, museums, and historical research. Many a smell was sniffed!

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 26d

Why thank you!

Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 26d

This week's odious interview is now on BBC Sounds:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 26d

Newly mounted

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 28d

There were more children than I expected, and it makes sense, because it's a brilliant place for children to explore and stay occupied over multiple visits.

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 29d

An interview with me by Daniel Pascoe will be on BBC West / South West radio this evening at 7:30pm, covering @aromaprime.bsky.social 😊👃

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Liam R. Findlay 👃 @liamrfindlay.bsky.social · 29d

Wake the Tiger, a theatrical and surreal, exploratory themed experience in Bristol, exceeded expectations.

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