Volver

A moment somewhere between
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An olfactive response to Volver (2006), Pedro Almodóvar's tribute to mothers, daughters, and the ghosts that bind them. This fragrance translates a specific moment, where love, death, and secrets intertwine in the windswept landscape of La Mancha. Part of FOLIE's Le Cinéma Olfactif—scent as duration, extending moments that would otherwise pass unnoticed.

summary: AROMATIC, WOODY, LEATHER-MUSK.
MATERIALS: bitter pepper, bergamot, myrrh, rubber accord, orange flower, skin musk, leather, vetiver.

» Scrubbed headstones, a house occupied by the deceased. The sweat of the afterlife on rubber exercise bike handles and a old home furnished with childhood memories.«
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Volver

Le Cinéma Olfactif

Director — Pedro Almodóvar
Perfumer — Evelyne Boulanger
Medium — Film
Status — Resting in Archive

11 / 2016

Series Statement

Minutes become moments. Frames become fragrance.

Le Cinéma Olfactif is not smell-o-vision. It is attention made aromatic. The scent tells you what to feel, what you might have missed.

Evocative, not illustrative. Fear rather than smoke. Absence rather than presence.

Not the explosion. Not the kiss.

Something quieter. Something true.

Launched in Berlin, 2014. Still going.

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