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Perfume Portraits – Bone Cancer Stories
Yesterday the Bone Cancer Research Trust celebrated their 10th anniversary with a gala and conference at The Tetley. The...

Michael Borkowsky
May 8, 20162 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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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 #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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That’s all 25 Perfumes Made!
Phew! All 25 perfumes have now been made and are maturing ready for my exhibition. I’ll still be writing individual descriptive blog...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 18, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #17 – Damien Fisher
Damien Fisher 50ml EDT Description AÂ reflective fragrance that champions personal contemplation and support as we attempt to realise our...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 17, 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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My Perfume Making Workshop
Yesterday I held a perfume making workshop at Bank Street Arts which gave the participants the chance to make their own fragrance and...

Michael Borkowsky
Feb 12, 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 #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 #6 – Karen Cupola
Karen Cupola 50ml EDT Description Blood red with visible fingerprints. The tactile, visceral and passionate nature of this scent reaches...

Michael Borkowsky
Jan 22, 20161 min read
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Perfume Portrait #4 – Edie OP
Edie OPÂ EDT 50ml Description Experience the innate joy in an expanding and infinite landscape! This fragrance reminds you that anything...

Michael Borkowsky
Nov 27, 20151 min read
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Perfume Portrait #3 – Joanne McClellan
Joanne McClellan EDT 50ml Description Hold on to your hats, it’s Pandora’s Box! Although, sensitive to the idea of tradition and our...

Michael Borkowsky
Nov 20, 20151 min read
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Why Do You Wear Perfume?
…that’s the question I want you to answer! Perfume As Practice, my research-led residency at Bank Street Arts, is really beginning to...

Michael Borkowsky
Aug 14, 20151 min read
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Last Week: From Liverpool to London
If a week is a long time in politics, then how long is it for an artist? Well, to answer that awkward and clumsy self-imposed question,...

Michael Borkowsky
May 21, 20153 min read
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Perfume as Practice – Frequently Asked Questions
Now that I have a firm idea of the direction I want ‘Perfume as Practice’ to go in, I have decided to create this blog post, listing...

Michael Borkowsky
Apr 8, 20154 min read
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Perfume as Practice Goes Public
Late March – the 25th to be exact – provided me with my first opportunity to place ‘Perfume as Practice’ within a public realm. This was...

Michael Borkowsky
Apr 7, 20152 min read
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