Making scents of art

What would the Venus de Milo smell like as a perfume?

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Published Wednesday 24 July 2019 - 15:00 Modified Wednesday 24 July 2019 - 15:00

Answer: An “amber and woody combination with intense notes of mandarin and jasmine.”

Such questions are the theme of a collaboration between perfume houses’ “noses” and the Louvre museum in Paris.

Visitors to the Louvre shop will find five scents matching some of the museum’s works.

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