Perfume Portraits – Bone Cancer Stories
Yesterday the Bone Cancer Research Trust celebrated their 10th anniversary with a gala and conference at The Tetley. The...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Mar 7, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 28, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 21, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 20, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 18, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 17, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 15, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 12, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 9, 2016
- 1 min
Perfume Portrait #13 – Brian Daines
Brian Daines 50ml EDT Description A fragrance to realise your dreams and embrace your reality! Assailing concious and unconscious...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 8, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Feb 1, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Jan 22, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 27, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Nov 20, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Aug 14, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- May 21, 2015
- 3 min
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,...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Apr 8, 2015
- 4 min
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...
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Michael Borkowsky
- Apr 7, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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