Fashioning Self and the Environment Gifts: 'A Perfume Organic' by Amanda Walker

I am very excited to announce that samples of A Perfume Organic will be included in the first 25 goodie bags that we will be giving away to guests at 'Fashioning Self and the Environment' during the Textile Arts Center Earth Day open house on Friday, April 22nd from 6pm to 9 pm.

Amanda Walker personally blends these amazing USDA certified organic scents from the purest botanicals offerings. The beautiful box packaging is also flower-seed embedded and can be planted to create your own unique 'a perfume organic' garden.

Throughout the month of April any purchase of a full-size bottle of A Perfume Organic scents will include this super-cool tote made out of 100% organic cotton. 'Stop smelling toxic, wear organic perfume' indeed. You can read a great interview with Amanda Walker on Goodlifer.

All attendees of 'Fashioning Self and the Environment' MUST rsvp in advance to: rsvp@textileartscenter.com

Scent-sational Drawings by Andrea Maack

Andrea Maack's CRAFT fragrance with hints of Alde Hyde, Elemi, Cold metal, Ice, Cedar wood, Patchouli 

I know that this is not an art blog per se, but I could not help but be intrigued by this collaborative project by artist/designer/perfumer Andrea Maack. The multi-talented Icelander has created mesmerizing drawings as an expression of scent-sational, olfactory realms illustrating the terms 'SMART, CRAFT, and SHARP'. Maack worked with the French perfumery APF aromes & perfumes to create unique fragrances that translated her original drawings into pure and alluring scents.

The alchemically-cool Amanda Walker at A Perfume Organic clued me into this rather novel art experiment. Check out Amanda's intoxicating Rose fragrance complete with seed-embedded packaging that you can actually plant in your garden. 

I look forward to meeting up with Amanda and her colleagues this evening at the NYC Natural Perfumers Guild gathering at Candle 79. 

Talk about delicious multi-media art - oops, I mean fashion. Above drawings courtesy of Andrea Maack's website.