Scent Lending Library SEATTLE
WELCOME to the WORLD’S FIRST SCENT LENDING LIBRARY
After a celebrated season in New York City—where it ran as a permanent installation at Olfactory Art Keller from May through September 2025, the Scent Lending Library is now open in Seattle at FOGUE studios and Gallery - November 2025 thru December 2025 (and maybe longer).
WHERE? FOGUE studios and gallery: 5519 Airport Way South, Seattle, Washington 98108, United States
WHEN? Thursday-Sunday 12-5pm - gallery website info@foguestudios.com
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Here you may browse and ‘check out’ scents like books. Cost free.
REFERENCE SECTION: I present to you over one hundred unique scents.
LENDING SECTION: Fifty scents in triplicate and available for lending.
WHO made this?
Hello I am Donna Lipowitz, I’ve been studying perfumery since 2019. A background in filmmaking, I was curious to see if I could share stories in other sensory forms; besides more commonly used senses such as vision and sound.
This immersive installation was inspired by many conversations about scent and what influences our perception of it. An ongoing project, I invite you to start a conversation in scent. Let me know what scent means to you. New scents added weekly based on visitor participation.
I’m so pleased everyone likes the library so much, especially the LENDING aspect.
Seattle is my adopted new hometown, and I’m extremely proud to be able to present my work to fellow Seattellites.
Here, I am part of the installation, presenting IRL as the Scent Librarian. Come along and lets chat all things scent.
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SCENT LENDING LIBRARY
2.0 Seattle FALL 2025
Wouldn't it be cool to be able to borrow scents like books?
THANK YOU’s:
Andreas Keller / Olfactory Art Keller (New York City) — for saying YES to this idea - We set up the first ever Scent Lending Library (in the world) in the only SCENT focused art gallery in the world - where it became a permanent part installation (April 2025 until it closed September 2025)
Kerry Gates / Fogue Studios Gallery (Seattle)
(Seattle) — for championing scent as art & placing it front and center in a visual-arts environment. The only Scent Lending Library in the world is currently right here. It may continue into 2026.
Institute for Art and Olfaction (Los Angeles) — for their ongoing commitment to accessible scent education and for inspiring others to learn and create.
Where I learnt most things about perfumery - Classes available online via Los Angeles - artandolfaction.com
Seattle Scent Salon/Workshop Group (non public)
For all the useful practical feedback over the many months of development. For taking the time to smell through the idea in its many stages.
I am so fortunate to be in the company of such a talented emerging scent community.
Dustin Hulm, Deputy Librarian — For creating the physical library parts in paper and labels. For the many conversations in the forest about all the many possibilities. For joining me on this olfactory ride of a lifetime.
And thank YOU very much for visiting the Scent Lending Library. The immersive installation was inspired by many conversations about scent and what influences our perception of it. An ongoing project, I invite you to write a scent note in the composition book. New additions weekly based on visitor participation.
Donna Lipowitz 11/28/2025