Making scents of art

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

Connexion journalist

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

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Answer: An 鈥渁mber and woody combination with intense notes of mandarin and jasmine.鈥�

Such questions are the theme of a collaboration between perfume houses鈥� 鈥渘oses鈥� and the Louvre museum in Paris.

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

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