Olfactory artist Nadia Vitlin infuses her artwork with scent

Sydney-based artist Nadia Vitlin works with olfaction — our sense of smell — infusing her artwork, whether it be clay or paint, to create bespoke pieces that mimic the transportive power of scent: one of the most evocative, deeply personal and memory-laden senses humans possess. 

She experiments in the fourth dimension, and it all began with leaves from the garden and spices you might find in your kitchen. 

Vitlin's background is in science, a helpful start when you consider that scent is carried in molecules, which bypass our brain's central operating system to work on a different region wired to feel emotions.