"In Glorious Smell-O-Vision": the remergence of scented cinema

Screening Sunday April 27 in Poneke Wellington is FW Murnau's classic 1922 spooky silent film Nosferatu: A symphony of Horror, with a few sensory twists. Not only will it be accompanied by a live score, composed and played by Peter Dasent, this will also be 'scented cinema'. Presented with Australian producers Snivure and Scented Storytelling, patrons are to be given a souvenir card with ten scratch-and-sniff whiffs, ranging from the heaven of fresh flower blossoms to the stagnant and stale stench of the Black Death. Tammy Burnstock leads Scented Storytelling, bringing together olfactory art and stories working with writers, scent experts, and performers to present Smell-O-Vision cinema events, 'stinky story' workshops and even smelly puppet show theatre for kids.