After years of exploring and reconstructing the scents of planet Earth, 66-year-old Frenchman Michael Moisseeff set himself a new goal of capturing the smell of the moon
In this photograph taken on July 29, 2020, Michael Moisseeff sniffs a bottle in his home at Montegut-Lauragais near Toulouse, southwestern France.
Moisseeff, with his floral shirt and a head of white hair tied up at the back, straddles the line between artist and scientist as he moves purposefully around the thousands of vials that make up his laboratory. The only way he could build a picture of the scent in his nose, the key tool for his work, was to read up on descriptions made by various astronauts who walked on the moon, in particular Neil Armstrong, the first man ever to do so in 1969.
Then, once he had worked out what kind of smell he was looking for, this modern day alchemist set to work finding the right notes to complete the scent. In this photograph taken on July 29, 2020, geneticist and 'aroma sculpturer' Michael Moisseeff gestures as he speaks of his experiments at his laboratory in his home at Montegut-Lauragais near Toulouse, southwestern France. Humans have around 260 odour sensors situated in the olfactory mucosa, the organ of smell located in the upper region of the nasal cavity.
Moisseeff has often been described as an "aroma sculptor" and he certainly does not shy from linking his work to other creative arts, with his nose his most important instrument.This "scientific artist" even displays his work in a variety of ways that would not be unfamiliar to contemporary artists, he has long been staging installations and fragrant experiences in telephone booths, entire villages or performance halls at the request of museums, associations or companies.
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