More about Kanchaveli
Philosophy
I have always been fascinated by stories, by distant worlds that I imagined in my mind's eye, by places that do not exist, by human passions that unfolded centuries ago, and by possible future events... I wanted to share these stories and discovered that staging films and plays was a great way to do so.
Through years of experience as a dramaturge, I know that storytelling does not have to be tied to a specific medium. When I started working with aromas and immersed myself in the world of different scents, I was absolutely amazed by the power and ability to tell my stories in this way.
Depending on the mixture and composition of certain aromas, I was able to create small worlds in which aromas act like actors in a play. This is how my liquids Patisserie, Utopium, Blauer Rausch, Elysium, etc. came into being.
Now I'm going one step further, leaving out almost all human sensory perceptions and focusing on just one: the sense of smell, probably the least explored of the senses, where there is so much new and inspiring to discover. With my fragrances, I want to expand the meaning of perfume as an ‘everyday companion’ and compose them in such a way that they allow you to enter or at least glimpse another dimension.
Time travel into the past
Even if it seems impossible to travel back in time, I am convinced that smells offer a way to immerse oneself in past eras and bring the past back to life, so to speak. A seemingly paradoxical but evocative journey through time. Through research and investigation, for example into the Middle Ages in Europe, the cultural and social developments of the time, historical facts and aroma production processes, I want to create a fragrance that transports this period into the present.
My goal is to embark on a journey through time with different scents and wander through human history, putting myself in the shoes of our ancestors, finding out which perfumes certain historical figures preferred, which ingredients were used from which regions, how the manufacturing processes worked, sensing a hint of the individual scent of pharaohs, explore their emotional impact and how these people might have felt as a result.
Emotional impact
We all agree on the emotional impact of music. A piece of music can accompany us throughout our lives and influence us positively. Music can inspire, relax and make us forget the world around us. It helps us in difficult times and has an effect on our psyche and mood. We often close our eyes when we listen. So if a single source, in this case music, can transport us to a state where we can interpret the entire universe, why shouldn't it be possible with another source of information, such as the sense of smell? The dimension that the sense of hearing opens up to me must also exist for the sense of smell.
That is exactly what I want to discover on my research trip. To create scents and perfumes that can have as strong an emotional effect on us as music, a film or a great book.