Women On The Verge Of
A Nervous Breakdown

A moment somewhere between
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00 : 16 : 06 ▬ 00 : 19 : 33

CINEMA


An olfactive response to Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988), Pedro Almodóvar's manic comedy of heartbreak and liberation. This fragrance translates a specific moment, where women on the edge of collapse discover their own resilience in 1980s Madrid's vibrant chaos. Part of FOLIE's Le Cinéma Olfactif—scent as duration, extending moments that would otherwise pass unnoticed.

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summary: FRESH-AROMATIC, WOODY, LEATHER
MATERIALS: lemon, raspberry, tomato leaves, coriander, black pepper, salt accord, leather, oud, incense, honey.

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summary: SWEET-TOBACCO, FLORAL, AMBER
MATERIALS: blackberry, pink pepper, cigar accord, date, orris, bulgarian rose, vanilla, amber, tonka, guaiac wood.


»A broken 60s telephone, two shiny revolvers, and a glass of gazpacho. The secret is mixing it right.«
FÀP Catalogues · Cinema

Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

Le Cinéma Olfactif

Director — Pedro Almodóvar
Perfumers — Patricia Bilodeau & Nathalie Benareau
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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