Saskia Wilson-Brown
In 2012, Saskia created The Institute for Art and Olfaction (IAO), a non-profit devoted to access and experimentation in perfumery. Through the IAO, she has launched projects with institutions such as Pulitzer Foundation, Getty Institute, Hammer Museum, Wallace Collection, and many more. In 2013, she launched the Art and Olfaction Awards, an international awards mechanism for independent perfumers, and in 2018 she started Open Sourcing Smell Culture, an initiative devoted to open principles in perfumery. In 2019/20 she served as a visiting lecturer in the MA Fashion program at the Royal College of Art in London, and in 2020/21 she served as a Ballen Scholar at New Mexico Highlands University. In addition to running the IAO, Saskia produces and hosts a radio show and podcast called Perfume on the Radio, is writing a book, and working on her PhD exploring the relations of power in the contemporary perfume industry at University College Dublin's SmartLab.