Dei Sensi:
Our Sense of Smell
Used Consciously
Dei Sensi's goal is to expand our appreciation, understanding and use of scent and our sense of smell through education and scent-based 'tools'.
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Scent communicates feelings, drives behaviour, stores memories and much more; however, we often use this power unconsciously (at least for now).
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Our work is to bring the conscious and creative use of smell into daily life by introducing "the olfactory element" to our spaces, ideas, routines, and classrooms. By doing this we want to bring awareness to the untapped potential of scent to enhance experiences and wellness.
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Services include
/olfactory spatial design / exhibition consultancy / Educational Workshops + Events / and more.
Projects
The projects to date have all focused around using scent in unusual settings to communicate deeper ideas, cultivate questions and engage with our olfactory memories.
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This is just a drop in the ocean in terms of how we can use smell to experience more.
The Scent of Strangers
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The Scent of Strangers.
This pop-up exhibition explored the relationship between strangers through the lens of their 'skin scent'.
Examining how our scent identities are formed, can evolve and what it communicates subconsciuosly to those around us.
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Can we use scent to form stronger bonds in community or across borders?
The Smell of Fear
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The Smell of Fear.
​During these story telling workshops we enable children to introduce their own olfactory layer.
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Is the scent of 'pride' universal? and what does fear smell like to you and why?
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The workshop is designed to encourage creativity, build confidence and bring attention to the communicative powers of scent​
Acqua Granda
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Acqua Granda.
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Part of a large research project into the tides of Venice and the Acqua Grande of 2019.
Venice's tide comes in twice a day and leaves twice a day. It is an integral part of daily life in Venice yet we don't consider it until it is an extreme.
What role to the tides play in the lives of those living in the city?
What is the olfactory DNA of Low tide and that of High tide?
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Scent, when used consciously, can be a tool for internal wellbeing and external exploration
Founded by Anna Gilchrist, whose work focuses largely on scents impact on emotional states, behaviour and well-being.
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Initially her curiosity was sparked after studying the extraordinary relationship between scent and memory (back in 2015). Whilst this remains her primary interest she also explores scents potential in other directions from; encouraging creativity to improving our quality of life.​
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Based in London and Venice.
