Staring at the flat white courtyard of my Gmail inbox, I imagine stale dust, empty hallways and hospital corners — emptiness. It smells like nothing, and as a new email slots into the sedate crowd, I ...

Jenny Hval has announced her new album, Iris Silver Mist, which takes its name from a fragrance made by Maurice Roucel. It arrives May 2 via 4AD, and you can listen to the lead single, “To Be a Rose,” ...

Researchers say that scent, emotion, and memory are intertwined in the brain. This relationship is anatomical, due to proximity of certain neurons, but it’s also poetic; scent can be transportive, ...

Serge Lutens’ perfume department describes Iris Silver Mist as a luminous, graceful and elegant fragrance. To Jenny Hval, it smells like the ghost of a flower. The Norwegian singer, composer, and ...

Norwegian musician, artist and novelist Jenny Hval announces her new album, Iris Silver Mist, out on 2 May, as well as the lead single/video ‘To be a rose’. Iris Silver Mist is named after a fragrance ...

Pop experimentalist Jenny Hval has announced her latest album. Iris Silver Mist is out May 2 via 4AD, and the single "To be a rose" is out now. Iris Silver Mist is named after a metallic-smelling ...