Fragrances: Genies from the bottle
Scent Curation encompasses all of Sebastian Fischenich’s projects in which scent and perfume play a prominent role. While studying art, fashion, and design, Sebastian discovered the world of perfumery and olfactory concepts as an important medium for his design work. After earning a degree in design from the Berlin University of the Arts, he developed perfumes for numerous renowned luxury brands and perfume houses and continues to work in this field as a consultant and strategist.
He is particularly interested in the communication of scent through images and installations, as well as the relationship between scents and images as a means of communication.
In 2008 he co-founded the luxury perfume brand Humiecki & Graef with Tobias Müksch and assumed the role of creative director. The brand’s philosophy is to deconstruct the classic approach of luxury perfumery. Each fragrance is inspired by strong emotions that are rather unusual for the perfume world, such as anger, melancholy, or exuberant joy. The perfumer is the multi-award-winning creator Christophe Laudamiel.
Sebastian is also the co-initiator of the Scent Festival Association, founded in Switzerland in 2016, which organized the first Swiss Scent Festival at Wildegg Castle in 2017, bringing together perfumers Christophe Laudamiel, Laurence Fanuel, Ralf Schwieger, and Andreas Wilhelm, among others.
Selected projects in the field of perfume & fragrance:
2023 – Signature Scent for the Museum Paleis Het Loo, Netherlands; scent curator 2022 – Second Swiss Scent Festival: Wildegg Castle, Königsfelden Monastery, Hallwyl Castle; curator and co-organizer 2019–2022 – Museum Aargau; consultation for the year of “1000 scents” 2017 – First Swiss Scent Festival at Wildegg Castle; concept and co-organization 2013 – SEPAWA Congress, Fulda, Germany; presentation on scents and images 2012 – ODE!, a magazine about image and scents; concept & editor in chief/publisher Bel Epok (awards: 2013 Red Dot Design Award, 2014 German Design Award (special mention), 2014 iF Design Award) 2011–2012 – Perfume Bottling Seduction; Museum Bellerive, Zurich; co-curator 2010–2012 – Wissensduft — design-research project of the Swiss National Science Foundation; Bern University of the Arts; project partner 2008 – HUMIECKI & GRAEF— founding of the perfume brand; co-founder and creative director (awards: 2012 Red Dot Design Award, 2014 German Design Award, special mention)