Starting this Friday, the National Museum's Singapura: 700 Years exhibition will take on a more immersive aspect when a new project plans to let visitors actually smell history.
In collaboration with perfumer Prachi Saini Garg, the exhibition will allow folks to literally take a whiff of the different facets and periods of Singapore, TODAY reports.
The highlight of the new project seems to be the bottled scent of 'Fear', designed to recall the smell of blood and sweat during the troubled period of the Japanese Occupation during World War II.
Other scents include the earthy and rough smell of the 'Singapore Stone', the jasmine and vanilla fragrances of 'Rich Lavish Cloths' and the '8-cent Meal', which comprises notes of passion fruit, coconut milk and vanilla beans.
Folks can also try their hand at creating a defining Singapore scent in a 'Scent of the Nation' workshop on May 2. The odour-driven installations will be launched from Apr 17 and will go on until May 18.
Photo: Vetiver Aromatics via Flickr
Starting this Friday, the National Museum's Singapura: 700 Years exhibition will take on a more immersive aspect when a new project plans to let visitors actually smell history.
In collaboration with perfumer Prachi Saini Garg, the exhibition will allow folks to literally take a whiff of the different facets and periods of Singapore, TODAY reports.
The highlight of the new project seems to be the bottled scent of 'Fear', designed to recall the smell of blood and sweat during the troubled period of the Japanese Occupation during World War II.
Other scents include the earthy and rough smell of the 'Singapore Stone', the jasmine and vanilla fragrances of 'Rich Lavish Cloths' and the '8-cent Meal', which comprises notes of passion fruit, coconut milk and vanilla beans.
Folks can also try their hand at creating a defining Singapore scent in a 'Scent of the Nation' workshop on May 2. The odour-driven installations will be launched from Apr 17 and will go on until May 18.
Photo: Vetiver Aromatics via Flickr