Smell - Saskia Wilson-Brown & Sofia Ehrich

Join Smell Expert Sofia Ehrich as she interviews Saskia Wilson-Brown,  the Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Art and Olfaction. In this interview, they will discuss many subjects including olfactory studies, the history of the perfume industry, and the Institute for Art and Olfaction. Saskia Wilson-Brown founded the pioneering non-profit Institute for Art and Olfaction in 2012 in order to foster access and experimentation in perfumery. She went on to launch numerous programs designed to promote independent practices with scent and open-source principles in perfumery, including the Art and Olfaction Awards, Open Source Scent Culture, and the Experimental Scent Summit. In 2019 she served as a visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art (London), and in 2020 she was a Ballen Scholar at New Mexico Highlands University. In 2023 she launched the pandemic-delayed Scent Week, a week-long festival of smell for Los Angeles. In addition to running the IAO, her current projects include producing Perfume on the Radio for Lookout FM, pursuing a PhD at University College Dublin’s SmartLab, and writing a book.