Smell a well-crafted perfume. A good perfume has a plot. Perfumes are made up of three types of notes: top, heart, and base notes. Watch how the scent unfolds over time. Try to record the effect of those changing scents on your emotional state, either as notes or a drawing.

• Connexion au Divin : Depuis l’Antiquité, les parfums sont perçus comme un moyen d’entrer en contact avec le sacré. Leur volatilité et leur capacité à se dissiper dans l’air ont toujours été associées à la présence des dieux ou à la communication avec

“In the old days (...) every time a geisha arrived at a party to entertain, the mistress of the teahouse lit a stick of one-hour incense—called one ohana , or “flower”. The geisha’s fees were based on how many sticks of incense had burned by the time she left.”

Although incense was commonly