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THE SEA, an olfactory concert

published on 2022-02-02

The National Orchestra of Cannes & Osmoart offers spectators a unique sensory experience where the auditory sense meets the olfactory sense.

By harmonizing the listening with the olfaction of marine fragrances, the public is immersed in the heart of La Mer by Claude Debussy that they can hear, imagine but also smell on these three symphonic paintings.

Debussy has always had a particular attraction for the sea and the ocean, ever since he was a child he discovered the lights of the Mediterranean at his aunt’s house in Cannes.

Like the Impressionist painters, the composers attached to this artistic movement often saw water as a source of inspiration.

Benjamin Levy will direct the student-musicians of the Institute for Higher Education in Music and Véronique Gens will lend her enchanting voice to Chausson’s Poème de l’Amour et de la Mer.

PROGRAM

MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937)
A boat on the ocean
Version for orchestra

ERNEST CHAUSSON (1855-1899)
Poem of Love and the Sea

CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
The sea

 

Olfactory scenography

Pierre Bénard, perfumer-creator who imagined the fragrances for this concert, is a member of the International Society of Perfumers-Creators, an association linked to IFRA

The olfactory compositions broadcast during the concert are made according to the recommendations of IFRA, International Fragrance Association.

The diffusion is carried out by micronization and it is non-wetting. It has no direct contact with the skin.

 

From dawn to noon on the sea –

The ambergris of the sperm whale, precious concretion of the perfumer, floats calmly on the surface of each wave and wanders, on the edges, between land and sea.

Games waves –

Like the sunlight it carries, the fragrant sea air shimmers on the surface of the water towards mysterious depths.

Dialogue of wind and sea –

The scent becomes more foamy, tumultuous…raised by the threatening swell, dark tones spring from the depths of the sea.

 

Press review links

Concert maritime avec l’Orchestre national de Cannes

Le figaro magazine

Nez la revue

published on 2024-10-01 Design Air

Listen to the scents, breathe the music

published on 2024-08-15 création

ASCENT (A SCENT)

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 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

CONCRETE DE ROSE ETUDE PIERRE BENARD
published on 2021-09-15 création

THE COLOR OF AN ODOR

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