2022 . 09 . 22
A Fragrance for an Anosmic: UMEMA (Ugo Charron of Mane and Emmanuelle Dancourt) 2022 “Tasting Perfume”
An interesting story of the project of the journalist Emmanuelle Dancourt, anosmic all her life, in collaboration with Ugo Charron, Junior Perfumer of Mane, for the creation of a perfume designed for her, despite her condition of anosmia due to the absence of the olfactory bulb . The creation process was shared through the synaesthetic language and the analysis of taste. The perfume was called UMEMA, with a reference to the umami taste and because in French the term has an assonance with "Emmanuelle perfume"
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