Niklaus Mettler is a perfumer and art director who works with scent in a variety of contexts. He has worked with artists from different fields and established his own line of perfumes. His brand In’n’out Fragrances stands for a deliberate focus on socially incorrect perfume inspired by man-made places and materials of daily life.
For Mediamatic Niklaus created Filtered Beans, for which he extracted the flavors of three different coffee blends he found around Amsterdam. The perfume was developed for our sensuous game around city planning; Het Parfum in 2018.
Since Summer 2019 he forms the management team of the Aroma Lab together with Frank Bloem. He is at Mediamatic each Thursday for experiments and for the Open Aroma Lab.
The question on the importance of context also guided us through day four, a day that was fully dedicated to olfaction.
The material collection is the core of the Aroma Lab and covers with more than 200 raw materials the basic range of synthetic- and natural's used in perfumery. The materials we use for the Open Aroma...
In 2017 is het Aroma Lab opgezet voor ontwerpers die willen experimenteren met geur. Klara Ravat was de eerste gebruiker van het lab. Zij was in 2017 de artist-in-residence.
The region of Brabant in The Netherlands is not only known for its extensive farming industry, but also for the production of designer drugs. ‘Snoepjes’ is the local nickname for the pills that are...
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