About me

Known as Odette Toilette. Perfume expert and speaker: events and experiences for the nose. Cultural evenings, brand launches, masterclasses, unusual corporate entertainment. Recently: - The Scent Symposium: perfume and Ancient Greece (hosted one of the Seven Wonders of the World in the British Museum); - Kodo incense ceremonies in partnership with Fornasetti Profumi; - Smell School workshops for Aesop's Pleasure and Purpose Campaign; - Popular ongoing public events series called The Vintage Scent Sessions, Currently writing A Century of Scents in 100 Perfumes (Hutchinson, November 2015).

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Projects

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  Profumo di RomaProfumo di Roma: sensory events series for the House of Peroni with Saatchi. Think ancient perfumes, hot wax, soundscapes of Rome with added smells, demos and learning.
• Life in Scents ExhibitionSmell memories made turned into a show. My Life in Scents co-host, Jo Barratt and I mounted some of our fave moments from the show, in an exhibition which invited you to listen to people talking about smells, while while sniffing the things they referened. Part of Ad Hoc Senses, a showcase hosted by Hi Fly Nest, of works across the five senses.
• Sip/Sniff at StoriesYou're not meant to wear perfume at a wine-tasting let alone spray it in the air or sniff it while you drink. But this wasn't your usual tasting event. Thanks to Stories for hosting the evening. We'll be back in February with another edition!

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Work history

Founder
Aug 2010

Skills

• Events
• Marketing PR
• Beauty
• Brand Management
• Social Media Marketing
• Executive
• Communications
• Public Speaking
• Culture