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The Brutalist Perfumer: Olfactory Architecture and Urban Decay
How a new wave of scent makers is capturing the scent of wet concrete, rusted rebar, and the static of the metropolis.
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How a new wave of scent makers is capturing the scent of wet concrete, rusted rebar, and the static of the metropolis.

Moving beyond floral tropes, a new wave of olfactory artists is using notes of concrete, hot asphalt, and industrial ozone to map our urban identity.