Playstation's Smell-O-Vision, David Lynch Screenings
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Hi friends, it’s Nadia! Today’s newsletter is short ‘n sweet. It’s been a very meh-start to the new year; we’re hoping perfume helps us escape from all of the nonsense. Today’s newsletter covers upcoming events, smell-o-vision in gaming, and some interesting fragrance reads across platforms.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
D.S. & Durga Cowgirl Grass launch party in BK and NoLIta
(1/24, 4-7PM)Tiramisu Pop-up at ELOREA NYC (1/25 & 1/26)
Self-Love Perfume Tour with Tea Ceremony (1/25—2/9)
Perfume & Society: Fragrance and Femininity (1/25, 11AM-12PM)
Flower Tea Tasting Experience (1/25-2/28)
WA:IT Fragrance Launch Event at Stéle (1/29, 6-8PM)
NY launch of Viscose Journal Issue N 7 “Scent” at Olfactory Art Keller (1/30, 6:30PM)
David Lynch Screenings through 1/31 (petition to add scent screenings)
IFC Center: Eraserhead, Inland Empire, Mulholland Drive, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
Look Cinemas W 57th: Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet
Village East by Angelika: Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive, Eraserhead
Here’s a wonderful Reddit thread talking about David Lynch-inspired perfumes.
February Sneak Peek:
Sensual Scents & Aromas at Brooklyn Brainery (2/7 6:30-8PM)
The Scent of Chocolate class with Stephen Dirkes (2/8)
Tea & Scandal with Jane Austen (2/8 12-4PM)
Aromatic Affection: Wine & Fragrance class (2/13)
Floral Arrangement Workshop (2/14 & 2/15)
February’s Perfume Room LIVE Event is a Fragrance Dating Show!
Emma Vernon of Perfume Room will be hosting a scent matchmaking live show at Caveat, which will include giveaways, comedy, and a singles mixer. Get tickets now.(2/15 4-5:30PM)The Creators Series celebration at Fragrance Alliance Network, featuring renowned perfumer Pierre Bénard Segu presenting his new fragrance, Lilith, Sombre Héroïne (2/15)
6-Month Nose Training Program with Arabelle Sicardi starting 2/16
IWIRC NY Annual Galentine Perfume Making at Olfactory NYC (2/19)
Bonus Beyond NYC: Happy Hour with Pearfat Parfum at Squasht boutique in Chicago (2/6 5-7pm)
NEWS & NOTES
Olfactory NYC added a Date Night Kit!
PlayStation is adding smell to its games. PlayStation is taking gaming to a whole new sensory level—smell. At CES 2025, Sony unveiled its Future Immersive Entertainment Concept (FIEC), complete with “smell-o-vision” technology. Imagine playing The Last of Us with not just stunning visuals, gripping audio, and intense haptics, but also scents wafting through your gaming space. You’d be fully immersed in the post-apocalyptic chaos—though let’s be real, who’s excited about sniffing a clicker? Love it or hate it, this isn’t totally out of left field; Sony’s been cooking up scent-based gaming concepts for a while now, with patents hinting at exactly this kind of wild idea.
Meanwhile, the fragrance world at CES 2025 had less show-stopping hardware but revealed where the real innovation is happening—behind the scenes in R&D labs and AI-driven platforms. Standout concepts included L'Oréal’s My Aura, a game-changing universal perfume dispenser; Korea’s Digital Cent custom scent capsule system; Kirin’s Electric Salt Spoon (yes, it makes low-sodium food taste saltier); Kurimoto’s SoftMRF, a texture-shifting haptic fluid; and Skyted’s 320 headset, which creates personal sound—and possibly scent—bubbles (I also remember seeing a perfume robot on social media). While the hardware might not steal the spotlight, it’s clear that sensory tech is quietly reshaping how we experience scent in everyday life.
The TikTok ban lasted 14 hours, but some say things are no longer the same. Many in the fragrance community are flocking all Meta apps, some finding homes on Substack. Welcome, fragheads! Here are some scent notes shared across the board during this weird week (weird year, decade—possibly century).
The Perfumes that Survived the Titanic by Jen Siems of Immortal Perfumes
Mabella O’Rama talking about how she created that sumac note in Phoenix Flame with Emma Vernon on Perfume Room
CES 2025 Almost Invisible Tech Highlights by Olivia Jezler, of futureofsmell
That’s all for today, friends! Stay warm and smell good.
x
Nadia
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Another incredible round up! ♥️ thx for including Perfume Room! Xo