Empire of scents (the)
- Production
- 2014, Canada
- English
- 01:30:00
- Genre
- documentary
- neurology, medicine
- Kim Nguyen
- Lowik Media
This unique film embarks on a kaleidoscopic portrait of what is the sense of smell, exploring the rarest of saffrons, exotic perfumes, follows Italian truffle hunters as they explain the aphrodisiac powers of the praised mushroom. Astronaut Chris Hadfield describes the smell of space, food molecule expert François Chartier talks about the sound of flavors, and Guido, a metaphysical perfumer who has created the scent of a woman, explains how his perfume came to be.
The film also talks about whale poop, also known as ambergris, the rare and expensive substance that gives perfumes their seductive animalistic odor.
Pariscience 2015
: Thursday 01st October 2015 from 16h00 to 18h00, Saturday 03rd October 2015 from 10h30 to 12h30