7th EXPERIMENTAL SCENT SUMMIT

June 11, 2026

10am to 6pm

at ImpactHUB, Athens

Karaiskaki 28, Athina 105 54, Greece

The Experimental Scent Summit is an ongoing program produced by the Institute for Art and Olfaction (Los Angeles) and Smell Lab (Berlin). A non-for-profit venture, ESS is designed to build community and learning in creative practices with scent. Through informal talks, round tables and workshops, practitioners can share experimental work in an open and unrestrained environment that facilitates collaboration and inquiry.

ESS 2026 is co-curated by Julianne Lee, Klara Ravat, Minetta Rogers, and Saskia Wilson-Brown.

Attend ESS

Join us on June 9, for the 7th Experminental Scent Summit at ImpactHUB in Athens.

Preliminary schedule of PRESENTATIONS

Morgana, I am the odor

by Anna D’Errico (Performer, Author, Curator, Neuroscientist)

The Olfacoustics Project: In Search of Shared Meaning Between Sound and Scent

Asteris Zacharakis (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

To Exist Is to Inhale: “Baas, Traas, aur Saans” in Mumbai Taxi Cabs

Yati Sharma (Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay)

Scent as Subtle Architecture

Athanasios Zagorisios (Artist, Researcher, Educator)

Italy: Scentful Hyperobject

Alessandra Mondin (Diffractive Studio)

Bestial Mouth: The Formation of Culture through Consumption Singularity

Halston Bruce (Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts)

ScentDia: The Olfactory Turn in Social Robotics

Elena Vosnaki (Fragrantica), Luisa Damiano (IULM University, Milan), Manos Gerakinis (Manos Gerakinis Parfums)

Smounds from the UK Underground (1963–1999)

Simon Knight (Sensations Lab)

The Small Brand Advantage Toward Accessibility and Inclusion

Dave Kern (American Perfumer)

Listening to the Moss: Translating Terroir, Time, and Memory through Olfaction

Sari Noguchi (SUI Scent Studio)

[Sc]entangled Ecologies: Experiencing the Olfactory World of a Honey Bee

Dr. Caroline McMillan (Neuronex Odor2Action Network, Space Sensory Lab)

How to Distill a Dog: The Olfactory Bestiary of Raw Materials in the Early Modern Apothecary

Lisa Rommé (Curiothèque LAB)

Beautiful Ideas Worth Dying For: The Excited Pig and the BDS Etrog

Hannah Marie Marcus (Musician/Artist) and Miriam Songster (Artist)

Olfactory Activism: "A Time for Peace, A Time for Waltz"

Gabriel De Carvalho (The Olfactory Art Studio)

About The EXPERIMENTAL SCENT SUMMIT

The Experimental Scent Summit is an ongoing program produced by the Institute for Art and Olfaction (Los Angeles) and Smell Lab (Berlin). A non-for-profit venture, ESS is designed to build community and learning in creative practices with scent. Through informal conversations, talks, and art performances, practitioners can share new research and experimental practice in an open and unrestrained environment that facilitates collaboration and inquiry.

ESS is a program of The Institute for Art and Olfaction, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Los Angeles, and is produced in collaboration with Scent Lab in Berlin and Barcelona.