Futurism
“Can you walk the road your dream goes?Sometimes. Sometimes I am afraid to.Who is not.”
-Ursula K. Le GuinDr Caroline McMillan is a researcher, designer, speaker, olfactory art expert, and smell tech founder and we discuss science fiction and possible futures of olfactive design.
Dr McMillan’s work has been featured at SXSW, Cannes Lions, CTM Festival Berlin, Holitopia Festival, the BR41N.io residency at Ars Electronica, the Digital Olfaction Society and the ACM International Conference on Tangible Embedded & Embodied Interaction (TEI), and for clients Tubi, Amplify, Soho House, Deutsche Telekom, WGSN London, H&M and Zalando. She now helps organisations design and implement scent experiences in a way that enhances connection. She’s studied the art of haute couture techniques in the métiers of Paris and won awards for her technology innovations. Her podcast, Sensuous Peripheries, explores the aesthetics of creativity, culture, and technology, described as an “audio delight” by Yosh Han, the pioneer of American Perfumery.
Fragrance mentioned:
Book mentioned:
The Word for World is Forest - Ursula K. Le Guin
Find Dr Caroline McMillan on
Instagram: @__carolinemcmillian__
Sensuous Periphery Podcast: Spotify, Apple Podcasts
Theme music for the show was created by Raul Sanchez I Jorge. Check out his solo work on Wild Animal Records
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Paperback Perfumes
Welcome to Paperback Perfumes! The host Clare Presser is a Librarian with a fascination for fragrances and their capacity to evokes memories and experiences through the activation of the olfactory system. In this podcast she chats with guests about their connections with scents and stories through the pairing of perfumes and literary texts. Think of it as reader’s advisory for fragrance lovers, or fragrance recommendation for bibilophiles - whichever experience is your first priority. It’s fun exercise that allows a lovely discussion around people’s personal interpretation of experience, scent, and storyHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- No. of episodes: 47
- Latest episode: 2025-05-06
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