OlfaLabs London
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We are Olfa Labs, where #science meets #digital to deliver #olfaction in ways you never thought possible.
Really enjoyed listening again to Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez talking with Saskia Collette. You will too. Great storytelling.
The Emperor of Scent
Perfumes: The Guide
@lucaturin.bsky.social
'For the love of smell' BBC World Service, 10 Feb 2025, via BBC iPlayer
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Emperor of Scent
Perfumes: The Guide
@lucaturin.bsky.social
'For the love of smell' BBC World Service, 10 Feb 2025, via BBC iPlayer
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Outlook - For the love of smell - BBC Sounds
Scientist Luca Turin found romance and a biological mystery via his obsession with scent
www.bbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Really enjoyed listening again to Luca Turin and Tania Sanchez talking with Saskia Collette. You will too. Great storytelling.
The Emperor of Scent
Perfumes: The Guide
@lucaturin.bsky.social
'For the love of smell' BBC World Service, 10 Feb 2025, via BBC iPlayer
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Emperor of Scent
Perfumes: The Guide
@lucaturin.bsky.social
'For the love of smell' BBC World Service, 10 Feb 2025, via BBC iPlayer
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@lucaturin.bsky.social Luca, you've been mentioned in dispatches over on X, originating with a post by Gallivant Perfumes
x.com/OlfaLabs/sta...
x.com/OlfaLabs/sta...
Olfa Labs London on X: "That book is epic. Luca and Tania know better than most how to give every fragrance fair evaluation. Their descriptions carry weight. #perfume #olfaction" / X
That book is epic. Luca and Tania know better than most how to give every fragrance fair evaluation. Their descriptions carry weight. #perfume #olfaction
x.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:45 PM
@lucaturin.bsky.social Luca, you've been mentioned in dispatches over on X, originating with a post by Gallivant Perfumes
x.com/OlfaLabs/sta...
x.com/OlfaLabs/sta...
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
New to bluesky?
Welcome. We're OlfaLabs
Things we're interested in talking about?
A short list, to get our conversation started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
Welcome. We're OlfaLabs
Things we're interested in talking about?
A short list, to get our conversation started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
October 30, 2025 at 8:38 PM
New to bluesky?
Welcome. We're OlfaLabs
Things we're interested in talking about?
A short list, to get our conversation started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
Welcome. We're OlfaLabs
Things we're interested in talking about?
A short list, to get our conversation started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
Who knew scratch and sniff billboard advertisements were a thing?
October 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Who knew scratch and sniff billboard advertisements were a thing?
Sometimes inspiration hits you unexpectedly such as an interview on BBC Radio 4 Today yesterday at 8.50 with the writer of TV drama #SlowHorses about perceiving the disgusting smell of lead character Jackson Lamb.
💡OlfaLabs likes a challenge.
#olfaction
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
💡OlfaLabs likes a challenge.
#olfaction
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
https://bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
September 25, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Sometimes inspiration hits you unexpectedly such as an interview on BBC Radio 4 Today yesterday at 8.50 with the writer of TV drama #SlowHorses about perceiving the disgusting smell of lead character Jackson Lamb.
💡OlfaLabs likes a challenge.
#olfaction
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
💡OlfaLabs likes a challenge.
#olfaction
bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
Do watch this delightful short video about Lyn Harris, the nose behind the brand Perfumer H in London.
#olfaction #inspiration #create #lab #science #perfume
vimeo.com/1092943872
#olfaction #inspiration #create #lab #science #perfume
vimeo.com/1092943872
Perfumer H 10th Anniversary
For our 10 years anniversary, Lyn takes you on her personal journey, in her own words. From the spark of inspiration to the final drop, experience the world as Lyn…
vimeo.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Do watch this delightful short video about Lyn Harris, the nose behind the brand Perfumer H in London.
#olfaction #inspiration #create #lab #science #perfume
vimeo.com/1092943872
#olfaction #inspiration #create #lab #science #perfume
vimeo.com/1092943872
"The old-school Substacker: Luca Turin"
"Anyone can make the first five minutes of a fragrance, but the next three hours? Tricky."
Great article today in FT's HTSI lifestyle magazine. Words by Kate Finnigan, featuring photos by Joshua Tarn.
www.ft.com/content/62f0...
"Anyone can make the first five minutes of a fragrance, but the next three hours? Tricky."
Great article today in FT's HTSI lifestyle magazine. Words by Kate Finnigan, featuring photos by Joshua Tarn.
www.ft.com/content/62f0...
They smelt the future – and took it online
Social media is reshaping the fragrance industry. These are its unlikely new stars
www.ft.com
June 3, 2025 at 1:28 PM
"The old-school Substacker: Luca Turin"
"Anyone can make the first five minutes of a fragrance, but the next three hours? Tricky."
Great article today in FT's HTSI lifestyle magazine. Words by Kate Finnigan, featuring photos by Joshua Tarn.
www.ft.com/content/62f0...
"Anyone can make the first five minutes of a fragrance, but the next three hours? Tricky."
Great article today in FT's HTSI lifestyle magazine. Words by Kate Finnigan, featuring photos by Joshua Tarn.
www.ft.com/content/62f0...
Dear @lucaturin.bsky.social How do you feel about being referred to as "The old-school Substacker"?
Just reading Kate Finnigan's excellent piece in Financial Times today.
Just reading Kate Finnigan's excellent piece in Financial Times today.
June 3, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Dear @lucaturin.bsky.social How do you feel about being referred to as "The old-school Substacker"?
Just reading Kate Finnigan's excellent piece in Financial Times today.
Just reading Kate Finnigan's excellent piece in Financial Times today.
@mikebutcher.bsky.social With today's announcement of change of sovereignty of Chagos incl Diago Garcia where is that going to leave all the tech firms who use the .io domain? Do you have any visibity on this yet Mike? Literally thousands and thousands of tech firms could be impacted.
May 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
@mikebutcher.bsky.social With today's announcement of change of sovereignty of Chagos incl Diago Garcia where is that going to leave all the tech firms who use the .io domain? Do you have any visibity on this yet Mike? Literally thousands and thousands of tech firms could be impacted.
Read this delightful report by Hannah Al-Othman about the work of Michael O'Shaughnessy.
It will surprise you.
It surprised us.
#PerfumeStories
📷 Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It will surprise you.
It surprised us.
#PerfumeStories
📷 Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Liverpool academic’s scent workshops help prisoners remember their past
After smelling fragrances inmates create poems, prose or drawings that recall holidays, park walks and sweet shops
www.theguardian.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Read this delightful report by Hannah Al-Othman about the work of Michael O'Shaughnessy.
It will surprise you.
It surprised us.
#PerfumeStories
📷 Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
It will surprise you.
It surprised us.
#PerfumeStories
📷 Christopher Thomond/The Guardian
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Who knew?
Extraordinary.
Extraordinary.
This is SO interesting - we already knew about scented bricks and so on, but looks like there’s more…
Take a whiff of this!
March 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Who knew?
Extraordinary.
Extraordinary.
A fascinating area of research.
#anosmia #fSRP #septorhinoplasty #olfaction
www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/uclh-re...
#anosmia #fSRP #septorhinoplasty #olfaction
www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/uclh-re...
UCLH research finds that Long Covid patients who lost sense of smell can be helped with surgery : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
A surgical operation normally carried out to correct a blocked nasal passage may help patients who lost their sense of smell after contracting a COVID-19 infection, according to new research from UCLH...
www.uclh.nhs.uk
March 8, 2025 at 11:35 AM
A fascinating area of research.
#anosmia #fSRP #septorhinoplasty #olfaction
www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/uclh-re...
#anosmia #fSRP #septorhinoplasty #olfaction
www.uclh.nhs.uk/news/uclh-re...
February 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
This is a splendid long-form piece by pallabg.bsky.social
Who'd have thought...
#perfume #innovation #olfaction #bioengineering #engineeringbiology #biotech
'Fatbergs turned into perfume: Britain's new industrial revolution' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who'd have thought...
#perfume #innovation #olfaction #bioengineering #engineeringbiology #biotech
'Fatbergs turned into perfume: Britain's new industrial revolution' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Fatbergs turned into perfume: Britain's new industrial revolution
The UK led the way in this field of science until recently - but now other countries have overtaken. So, how can that lead be recovered?
www.bbc.co.uk
January 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This is a splendid long-form piece by pallabg.bsky.social
Who'd have thought...
#perfume #innovation #olfaction #bioengineering #engineeringbiology #biotech
'Fatbergs turned into perfume: Britain's new industrial revolution' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Who'd have thought...
#perfume #innovation #olfaction #bioengineering #engineeringbiology #biotech
'Fatbergs turned into perfume: Britain's new industrial revolution' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Christmas perfumes: OlfaLabs is looking for statistics on the volumes of #juice sold each Christmas across the past decade (or since 2013) .
Are you able to suggest reliable sources for such data?
#dataanalytics #perfumes #manufacturing #distribution #retailing #statistics
Are you able to suggest reliable sources for such data?
#dataanalytics #perfumes #manufacturing #distribution #retailing #statistics
December 27, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Christmas perfumes: OlfaLabs is looking for statistics on the volumes of #juice sold each Christmas across the past decade (or since 2013) .
Are you able to suggest reliable sources for such data?
#dataanalytics #perfumes #manufacturing #distribution #retailing #statistics
Are you able to suggest reliable sources for such data?
#dataanalytics #perfumes #manufacturing #distribution #retailing #statistics
Scentopia?
No kidding...!
No kidding...!
With the exhibition ‘SCENTOPIA’ @cultuurknokkeheist brings my universe of olfactory art related to our nature and climate change.
More info: www.scentopia.be
Photos by Celestien Snauwaert
#smell #olfactoryart #peterdecupere #cultureknokkeheist #scharpoord #climatechange #nature
More info: www.scentopia.be
Photos by Celestien Snauwaert
#smell #olfactoryart #peterdecupere #cultureknokkeheist #scharpoord #climatechange #nature
December 6, 2024 at 12:29 AM
Scentopia?
No kidding...!
No kidding...!
New to bluesky?
A big welcome.
Things we're interested in talking about?
A short list, to get our conversation started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
A big welcome.
Things we're interested in talking about?
A short list, to get our conversation started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
November 24, 2024 at 10:35 AM
New to bluesky?
A big welcome.
Things we're interested in talking about?
A short list, to get our conversation started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
A big welcome.
Things we're interested in talking about?
A short list, to get our conversation started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
Reposted by OlfaLabs London
Join us for the MODOLFOR Satellite Symposium on Modulation of Olfaction at the 16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in spring 2025 🐭🐝👃
@neurowissg.bsky.social
@neurowissg.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Join us for the MODOLFOR Satellite Symposium on Modulation of Olfaction at the 16th Göttingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society in spring 2025 🐭🐝👃
@neurowissg.bsky.social
@neurowissg.bsky.social
Repost: This piece by #perfume industry expert Nick Gilbert on the #biotech of #scent is so visionary and well written we're putting it out there again. Read to the end.
'Futuristic fragrance: new biotech unlocks scents that have never been sniffed' | via CNN Style
edition.cnn.com/style/articl...
'Futuristic fragrance: new biotech unlocks scents that have never been sniffed' | via CNN Style
edition.cnn.com/style/articl...
Never been sniffed: New tech, new scents | CNN
Perfumery has always been a profession shrouded in mystery; what really goes into fragrance and the way to capture scents are all unknown to the outside world.
edition.cnn.com
November 19, 2024 at 1:45 PM
Repost: This piece by #perfume industry expert Nick Gilbert on the #biotech of #scent is so visionary and well written we're putting it out there again. Read to the end.
'Futuristic fragrance: new biotech unlocks scents that have never been sniffed' | via CNN Style
edition.cnn.com/style/articl...
'Futuristic fragrance: new biotech unlocks scents that have never been sniffed' | via CNN Style
edition.cnn.com/style/articl...
ICYMI: This piece by #perfume industry expert Nick Gilbert on the #biotech of #scent is so visionary and well written we're putting it out there again. Read to the end.
'Futuristic fragrance: new #biotech unlocks scents that have never been sniffed' | via CNN Style
edition.cnn.com/style/article/…
'Futuristic fragrance: new #biotech unlocks scents that have never been sniffed' | via CNN Style
edition.cnn.com/style/article/…
https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/…
November 19, 2024 at 1:05 PM
ICYMI: This piece by #perfume industry expert Nick Gilbert on the #biotech of #scent is so visionary and well written we're putting it out there again. Read to the end.
'Futuristic fragrance: new #biotech unlocks scents that have never been sniffed' | via CNN Style
edition.cnn.com/style/article/…
'Futuristic fragrance: new #biotech unlocks scents that have never been sniffed' | via CNN Style
edition.cnn.com/style/article/…
New to bluesky? Welcome.
Things we're interested in talking about?
Here's a list to get started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
#technology
#tech
#innovation
#OlfaLabs
Things we're interested in talking about?
Here's a list to get started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
#technology
#tech
#innovation
#OlfaLabs
November 16, 2024 at 2:06 PM
New to bluesky? Welcome.
Things we're interested in talking about?
Here's a list to get started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
#technology
#tech
#innovation
#OlfaLabs
Things we're interested in talking about?
Here's a list to get started:
#fragrance
#flavours
#scent
#perfume
#juice
#olfaction
#science
#smell
#basenotes
#heartnotes
#topnotes
#accords
#anosmia
#parosmia
#digital
#technology
#tech
#innovation
#OlfaLabs
Incredible to think that one part of the human #brain is exposed to the open air.
It's called the olfactory epithileum.
Without it, there is no sense of smell at all.
Just think about that.
It's called the olfactory epithileum.
Without it, there is no sense of smell at all.
Just think about that.
November 16, 2024 at 1:23 PM
Incredible to think that one part of the human #brain is exposed to the open air.
It's called the olfactory epithileum.
Without it, there is no sense of smell at all.
Just think about that.
It's called the olfactory epithileum.
Without it, there is no sense of smell at all.
Just think about that.
Pine tree.
Satsuma oranges.
Fresh coffee.
Hot toast and butter.
Chocolate.
Roast dinner.
What smells make you think of Christmas?
#christmas #olfaction
Satsuma oranges.
Fresh coffee.
Hot toast and butter.
Chocolate.
Roast dinner.
What smells make you think of Christmas?
#christmas #olfaction
December 25, 2023 at 10:27 AM
Pine tree.
Satsuma oranges.
Fresh coffee.
Hot toast and butter.
Chocolate.
Roast dinner.
What smells make you think of Christmas?
#christmas #olfaction
Satsuma oranges.
Fresh coffee.
Hot toast and butter.
Chocolate.
Roast dinner.
What smells make you think of Christmas?
#christmas #olfaction