Olfactory art

Alexandra Bachand grew up in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. She is an independent perfumer and visual artist who studied Fine Arts at Bishops University’s in Lennoxville. The last ten years, she has been exploring olfactory art, positioning perfume as a major art medium. Through her fragrant works, she explores the permanence of memories tied to the past and history, while designing installations rich in symbolism, often inspired by botany. She meticulously composed in her studio, each perfume at the heart of her works, serving as the main artistic narrative. Alexandra’s olfactory has been exhibited in Canada and internationally.

INTERNATIONAL OLFACTORY ART EXHIBITIONS
> Omaggio a l'Italia, terra di profumi (2023)
Milan - Italie
> Fleurs d'armes  (2018)
Vimy -France

OLFACTORY ART EXHIBITIONS IN CANADA

> Balade en forêt (2024) > Rosamunde, princess of Cyprus (2023)
Sfumato Invisibile (2019)
Or The invisible aura of Mona Lisa

WAR Flowers (2017-2021)
International Touring Art Exhibition
> My life at the Textile (2017- 2020)
Hymn to the weavers		> MementoTourigny-Laforest
Permanent installation In situ (2017)

CONFERENCES & EVENTS ON THE ART OF PERFUME

> August 25, 2024 I Art & Nature Circuit, Marais de la Rivière-aux-cerises Interpretation Center. 1 hr Conference: What if smell enhanced our lives more in the garden?

March 6-9, 2024 | Esxence - The Art Perfumery Event, Milan, Italy
Ambassador for the International Conservatory of Perfumes of Versailles (FR)
Presentation of the treasures from the Osmothèque collection.
> June 14, 2023 I Canal M. radio program “Vivement les Femmes» Alexandra Bachand, olfactory poet. Hosted by Marjorie Théodore

> March 22, 2020  I Canadian Centre for Architecture, CCA) 38th FIFA - International Festival of Films on Art "SFUMATO INVISIBILE or the Invisible Aura of Monna Lisa. Interview with olfactory artist & perfumer Alexandra Bachand and director Eric Delbaere

> February 12, 2020 6 pm I McCord Museum - Fashion at the MuseumParfums d'ici, hosted by Stephane Le Duc.Interview with perfumers Alexandra Bachand,Isabelle Michaud, Julie S. Jones

> November 7, 2019 I Culturel Centre Sherbrooke University - Danse seriesAfter bubble eventAlexandra Bachand I Live perfume writing in front of an audience inspired by Virginie Brunelle's show "Les corps avalés

> May 4, 2019 I Experimental Scent Summit 2019, AmsterdamI Curator: The Institute for Art and Olfaction + Smell Lab BerlinAlexandra Bachand I Immersive art through historical olfactory recreation

> March 11, 2019 I Chateau Ramezay Museum MontrealAlexandra Bachand I WAR Flowers: an immersive and olfactory narrative through the art of per

June 2017 | Villa Estevan, Jardins de Métis, Quebec | Speech on the creative process behind the Fleurs d'Armes exhibition, in the presence of the artists, director, and curator.



"Of all the qualities of perfume, the most striking is that of transporting us through memories and time. Guided by emotions, olfaction awakens small fragments of the past that allows us to connect in a precious way, otherwise impossible." - Alexandra

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Olfactory art projects resume

From 2017 to 2021, the art exhibition "War Flowers" in which she exhibits 10 scented narratives, has been presented in 7 museum institutions in Canada and abroad has been seen by hundreds of thousands of visitors to date.In 2019, she made a major project in Italy: the olfactory art installation of Sfumato Invisibile on the trail of Lisa Gherardini confirming the perfume as a major art medium. Sfumato Invisibile's approach was the subject of a short documentary that was presented at the International Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) in 2020.


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WAR FLOWERS EXHIBITION: interview with Viveka Melki and Alexandra Bachand, perfumer artist of the exhibition, curator of the olfactory component.