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Apricot
Raspberry
Bergamot
Grapefruit
Nutmeg
Heart Notes 
Cherry blossom
Rose
Water lily
Base Notes 
Red fruits
Sour cherry
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Action Art
People always think that artists should be grateful when they get an exhibition. Even if you have an exhibition every six months, you would have to sell paintings or sculptures worth half a year's salary if you wanted to make a living from it. Unless you are sleeping with the cultural commissioner, being an artist is something you can only afford as a hobby. If you earn well, you can get an artist's hairstyle and talk big at other people's openings. You don't even need to make art anymore. Petra (name invented by the editorial team) is a little bit bitter. An opportunity arises to create action art for Parfumo. In the large hall rented specifically for this purpose, the Parfumos and Parfumas gather. Petra has already piled up a large mound of plastic fruits in the middle of the hall. Diffusers in all four corners are spraying Cherry Fantasy by Nina Ricci. That alone is surreal, the synthetic fruits, the matching synthetic fruit scent. Then Petra theatrically steps forward and pours a canister of sugar syrup over the fruits. Now, poetry sounds from the speakers:
"Artificial, she said, artificial expectation memory, my money for your money for Nina. And the level fell low, lower than one can stack. Down there an artificial fruit flower, twitching sugary with the last breath of its non-existence."
The audience murmurs to themselves. Probably everyone is thinking of Tom Ford or wishing to be far away.
The dramatic climax is reached. Appropriately, the heart note of Cherry Fantasy is now being nebulized. The smell of gasoline hangs over the synthetic fruits. Petra steps forward, she has quickly changed clothes and is now wearing a firefighter's uniform. In her hands, she holds a garden sprayer with "Gasoline" written in large pink letters. Petra sprinkles some of the liquid on the art fruits and sets them on fire. The audience recoils and experiences the catharsis: "okay, I will never buy any perfume again." "Did I leave the stove on at home?" "How long is this going to last anyway?"
The sprinkler system goes off. The audience gets showered. Petra, of course, does too. Later she told the press that she wanted to protest against European legislation with her action art. Everyone nods, yeah sure, we got that.
"Artificial, she said, artificial expectation memory, my money for your money for Nina. And the level fell low, lower than one can stack. Down there an artificial fruit flower, twitching sugary with the last breath of its non-existence."
The audience murmurs to themselves. Probably everyone is thinking of Tom Ford or wishing to be far away.
The dramatic climax is reached. Appropriately, the heart note of Cherry Fantasy is now being nebulized. The smell of gasoline hangs over the synthetic fruits. Petra steps forward, she has quickly changed clothes and is now wearing a firefighter's uniform. In her hands, she holds a garden sprayer with "Gasoline" written in large pink letters. Petra sprinkles some of the liquid on the art fruits and sets them on fire. The audience recoils and experiences the catharsis: "okay, I will never buy any perfume again." "Did I leave the stove on at home?" "How long is this going to last anyway?"
The sprinkler system goes off. The audience gets showered. Petra, of course, does too. Later she told the press that she wanted to protest against European legislation with her action art. Everyone nods, yeah sure, we got that.
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