création

THE COLOR OF AN ODOR

published on 2021-09-15

This study initiates work on the color of natural raw materials extracted by different extraction ways.

ROSE CONCRETE

A series of photographic studies carried out by Pierre Bénard from a concrete of Damascus rose on thick paper, the material modeled with a painting knife and search for color and transparency by luminosity.

This research is inspired by the stages in the production of the absolute or absolute essence, a precious material for the creator of fine fragrance.

To obtain this absolute, it is imperative to go through the intermediate stage of the concrete.

The fresh flower, picked at dawn, upon dew, will literally be exhausted by three successive washes with a hydrophobic solvent.

This solvent permeates, enriches and becomes saturated with vegetable waxes, pigments and odorous molecules from the plant.

When it evaporates, a waxy, colored and fragrant mass appears: the concrete.

As it is, it cannot be used directly in perfume compositions.

The waxy part will be removed by successive washing of the concrete with ethanol until the absolute essence is obtained.

This process is broken down into four phases: beating, glazing, filtration and refining.

This series of photographs focuses on the filtration step when the waxes remain in the cold paper filters.

ENFLOWERING FRAMES

The photographs are placed on frames specially designed for the cold enfleurage technique.

Using odorless fats, this process consisted of capturing the essence of even the most fragile flowers such as jasmine, tuberose or rose.

These are unique manufactured frames, made with the windows of the city of Grasse, in its time.

Their uniqueness is found in their flaws like air bubbles that testify to the achievement of stained glass.

In the series “Un fantôme” from the “Spleen et Idéal” part of the collection “Les Fleurs du Mal” by Charles Baudelaire, the third poem is entitled “The frame”.

This series is an extract from the olfactory and multisensory exhibition “From matter to spirit”.

published on 2024-03-19 création

THE PERFECT DRUG

Photo de jasmin
published on 2024-02-04 naturel

SPIRIT OF INDIA

photo flacon de Pierre Bénrad
published on 2024-01-15 création

APOCALYPSE, revelation of a bottle

Eolienne
published on 2024-01-15 éducation

THE WIND WILL CARRY US

published on 2023-11-12 création

FLEURS DE SAISONS, an olfactory concert

MENTHOL
published on 2023-10-27 naturel

MENTHOL, ICE AREA

Exposition Olfactive_Végétal_Osmoart
published on 2023-09-19 création

VEGETAL, THE OLFACTORY AND MUSICAL EXHIBITION

published on 2023-08-22 Design Air

PERFUME & MUSIC

Bois de santal Australien
published on 2023-08-13 naturel

AN AUSTRAL SANDALWOOD

Rue villeneuve parfumée
published on 2023-08-07 Design Air

INTRA-MUROS PERFUME

Plan cadastral du village d'Ambres dans le Tarn
published on 2023-07-16 Design Air

LISTEN TO AMBER PERFUMES

Gousse de vanille malgache
published on 2023-07-16 naturel

MALAGASY RAW MATERIALS

published on 2023-05-11 Design Air

SENSITIVE AND OLFACTIVE MAPS

published on 2023-01-03 Design Air

OLFACTORY RESISTANCE

Dédicace pour Joséphine_Alain Bashung_Pierre Bénard_ osmoart_carré
published on 2023-01-02 Design Air

PERFUMER OF THE GREAT SPACES

Logo du Musée Paul Dupuy
published on 2022-11-29 éducation

PERFUME, THIS PRECIOUS VOLATILE

published on 2022-09-08 création

THE COLOR OF A SMELL (HALO 2)

published on 2022-09-06 Design Air

THE PERFUMER'S CABIN

Bois de santal
published on 2022-07-31 naturel

FORMULATE WITH WOODS

published on 2022-05-27 création

PERFUMER'S FURNITURE 調香師の家具

published on 2022-02-02 éducation

published on 2022-02-02 Design Air

THE SEA, an olfactory concert

published on 2021-12-28 éducation

PLANTS OF THE PERFUMER, SHADES OF THE DESIGNER

published on 2021-11-23 création

IT SMELLS THE GHOST!

Quintis santal logo
published on 2021-10-28 naturel

IMMERSION IN SANDALWOOD

published on 2021-10-14 éducation

PERFUME ORGANS & ORGAN PERFUMES

published on 2021-10-13 Design Air

OLFACTORIGAMI : olfactory origami

published on 2021-09-02 création

YUREI : FRAGRANCE OF A GHOST

Bansky Love in the air 2003
published on 2021-07-07 Design Air

PERFUME THE STREET WITH FLOWERS

CONFERENCE OLFACTIVE JAPON OSMOART
published on 2021-05-12 éducation

OLFACTORY TRIP TO JAPAN

published on 2021-03-25 création

SEREIN, A PINK NOCTURNE

published on 2021-03-23 Design Air

WAKE : THE FLUIDIC MECHANICS OF PERFUME

Abeille butinant dans le massif du Tanneron
published on 2021-03-01 naturel

MIMOSA, FROM FOLIAGE TO SNOWFLAKES

published on 2021-02-03 Design Air

PER FUMUM, AN INVISIBLE ARCHITECTURE 흄당, 보이지 않는 아키텍처

published on 2021-01-16 création

ANOTHER OLFACTORY VISION

published on 2021-01-12 naturel

FOR A FRACTION OF YLANG

published on 2021-01-10 éducation

NOSEDIVE INTO RAW

MASQUE A NEZ OSMOART ELY
published on 2021-01-01 éducation

NOSE MASK

published on 2020-12-24 création

The eternal smell of the Christmas tree