{"id":4341,"date":"2015-10-12T10:11:30","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T14:11:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.scentbird.com\/?p=4341"},"modified":"2021-07-09T07:10:42","modified_gmt":"2021-07-09T11:10:42","slug":"sotd-illegal-universal-guerrilla-perfuming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scentbirddev.itcraftlab.com\/blog\/sotd-illegal-universal-guerrilla-perfuming\/","title":{"rendered":"SOTD: Illegal – Universal Guerrilla Perfuming"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few months ago, as I was holidaying on this magnificent Mediterranean city, I stumbled upon a very peculiar scene:<\/p>\n

A small vial containing a bit of liquid of unknown origin was duct-taped on a lamp post, and the words: smell me were written on it.<\/p>\n

I passed it by, but my curiosity got the best of me and I returned. I suspiciously looked around, thinking it was some sort of hidden camera stunt, however the perfume addict inside me could not resist testing it.<\/p>\n

I pressed the vial, and a familiar concoction of scents surrounded the air around me: musk, vanilla and fruity notes were dominating the perfume.<\/p>\n

Fleeing the scene as soon as possible was the only logical thing I could think of at the moment, but I was haunted by the experience. Who would put a perfume on a lamp post, which perfume was this and why it was done anyway?<\/p>\n

To this day, I don\u2019t have the answers to the first two questions, but luckily, I have the answer to the third one: SOTD: illegal<\/a><\/p>\n

It\u2019s a public FB group with a scented mission: to create olfactory graffiti all over the world.<\/p>\n

This is their manifesto:<\/p>\n

\u201cSpreading scents around the world. Olfactory graffiti<\/em><\/p>\n

No recognizable bottles\/ brands \u2013 stick a scent to a lamp post, share pics, spot them around!<\/em><\/p>\n

The world as an open source of scents, odors, perfumes and fragrances.<\/em><\/p>\n

Share your favorite scents, decant your Scent Of The Day in a sample vial or in an anonymous spray bottle, stick it with some tape to a lamp post, a tree, a balustrade, a traffic light. make the world a nice smelling place.<\/em><\/p>\n

No advertising, no visible brands or recognizable bottles.<\/em><\/p>\n

Take a picture, tell us the location and the content.<\/em><\/p>\n

Spot them around, smell it, take a pic and share it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Fragrant graffiti for a nicer world<\/em><\/p>\n

the world where we live is full of amazing smells and scents, coming from nature or human activities, we love some of them, we hate some of them.<\/em><\/p>\n

SOTD: Illegal is just adding to the existing odors landscape some surprise from people that love their scents and love to share.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

I am blown away by the amazingness of the idea, and while I know that there are extremely slim chances of spotting these mysterious vials around my hometown, I would like to ask YOU, the kind hearted fragrance-loving people all over the world to write to me about olfactory graffiti spottings and inform me about your experience with it.<\/p>\n

I know that together with your help, we can create something truly amazing: universal olfactory revolution.<\/p>\n

P.S.<\/p>\n

To this day, I am beating myself up for not taking picture of the vial duct-taped on the post, however, this image by a Facebook user<\/a> is the closest to the image I keep locked in my memory:<\/p>\n

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And while I may never discover the name of the perfume, I will never forget its summerish aroma clinging to my brain’s memory slots, as it will always remind me of a perfect summer.<\/p>\n