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Returning to Crowdfunding
A mere 8 months since my solo crowdfunding effort, I find myself once again involved in such a campaign! This time though, it’s a group...

Michael Borkowsky
Apr 11, 20161 min read
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Reflecting on Perfume as Practice
A whole year has passed since the conception of Perfume as Practice. The original premise was an investigation into whether perfume could...

Michael Borkowsky
Mar 7, 20162 min read
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The Show Must Go On!
As I look out of the window to the relentless snow I do sigh to myself and think to myself ‘For God sake! Today of all days!’ …Typical...

Michael Borkowsky
Mar 4, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #25 – M.Sasaki
M. Sasaki 50ml EDT Description A mellow scent designed to embrace mistakes. Here, an approximation for the sky has been achieved through...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 29, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #24 – Lizzy Alageswaran
Lizzy Alageswaran 50ml EDT Description Using the boundless beauty of the sea to act as a metaphor for happiness and energy, this...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 28, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #23 – Clare McLaughlin
Clare McLaughlin 50ml EDT Description Using the aesthetics of World War 1 Dazzle Ships as a metaphor for instigating change within...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 26, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #22 – Mark Heyster
Mark Heyster 50ml EDT Description Travel perfume – but not as you know it! Here, the process of making is aligned to a journey of the...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 25, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #21 – Tanya Ahmed
Tanya Ahmed 50ml EDT Description The notion of a sense of place, re-imagined for the 21st century! Here we see a Hex Sign – steeped in...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 21, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #20 – Rachel Genn
Rachel Genn 50ml EDT Description Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? Well, be afraid no more! This fragrance informs you that once you work...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 20, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #19 – Mark Pol
Mark Pol 50ml EDT Description Harnessing the freedom of intuition, this fragrance suggests that our ancestry has a fundamental bearing on...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 19, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #18 – Stephen Carpenter of North Bay
Stephen Carpenter of North Bay 50ml EDT Description Time, space and our place within it can be daunting at the best of times. Luckily,...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 19, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #16 – Mr Clean
Description The buttress root, an organic support structure, is appropriated here to harness and contain the positive virtues of mental...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 15, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #15 – Lee Green
Lee Green 50ml EDT Description Clean, crisp with a neutral sensitivity that allows the user to attach their own sense of self – whoever...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 13, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #14 – Dave Cotton
Dave Cotton 50ml EDT Description It reads like a cave painting with a fragrance designed to capture the fundamental need to create...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 10, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #13 – Brian Daines
Brian Daines 50ml EDT Description A fragrance to realise your dreams and embrace your reality! Assailing concious and unconscious...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 9, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #12 – Sharon Mossbeck
Sharon Mossbeck 50ml EDT Description A vessel the living with ritualistic embellishments. This is a fragrance that reminds you of the...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 8, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #11 – David Andrews
David Andrews 50ml EDT Description Graphically appealing and describing multiple disciplines with boldness and confidence. This is a well...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 3, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #10 – Tutku Barbaros
Tutku Barbaros 50ml EDT Description Be allured by this naturally sweet, luscious fragrance that screams femininity yet has a potent kick....

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 2, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #9 – Pip Barrett
Pip Barrett 50ml EDT Description All the joy of your favorite story in a bottle! With visual embellishments that tell of narrative...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 1, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #8 – Richard Bradley
Richard Bradley 50ml EDT Description The logical alternative to the blandness of modern television, this fragrance allows you to re-live...

Michael Borkowsky
Jan 31, 20161 min read
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