Portals

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In Portals, the newest limited edition art book from Ex Libris Odoratis, we embrace the imprecision of language, approaching scent as a conduit to the divine. Ten perfumes selected at random conjure false memories, enabling time travel, teleportation, and hyperphantasia — opening portals to imagined worlds.

Portals features responding prose and poems by fragrance writer Kashina, writer/olfactory artist Noele Lusano, and ten full-color paintings by artist Elizabeth Doering.

Details:

  • First printing, edition of 100

  • Foil-stamped softcover

  • 110 pages

  • Comes with a limited edition scent strip created for Portals by Noele Lusano

Patron Edition: For those who wish to support olfactory art and small press, a Patron Edition of Portals is available. Your choice to purchase the Patron Edition helps cover operational costs, enabling us to continue creating innovative work. In appreciation of your support, you will receive:

  • A handwritten thank you note from a Portals contributor

  • An exclusive code for 20% off of a future purchase in the Ex Libris Odoratis shop, including forthcoming offerings in 2025 (shipped to the US, Canada, or UK). Offer applies to an individual book or perfume

  • Your name included on our website in acknowledgment of your support

Product:

In Portals, the newest limited edition art book from Ex Libris Odoratis, we embrace the imprecision of language, approaching scent as a conduit to the divine. Ten perfumes selected at random conjure false memories, enabling time travel, teleportation, and hyperphantasia — opening portals to imagined worlds.

Portals features responding prose and poems by fragrance writer Kashina, writer/olfactory artist Noele Lusano, and ten full-color paintings by artist Elizabeth Doering.

Details:

  • First printing, edition of 100

  • Foil-stamped softcover

  • 110 pages

  • Comes with a limited edition scent strip created for Portals by Noele Lusano

Patron Edition: For those who wish to support olfactory art and small press, a Patron Edition of Portals is available. Your choice to purchase the Patron Edition helps cover operational costs, enabling us to continue creating innovative work. In appreciation of your support, you will receive:

  • A handwritten thank you note from a Portals contributor

  • An exclusive code for 20% off of a future purchase in the Ex Libris Odoratis shop, including forthcoming offerings in 2025 (shipped to the US, Canada, or UK). Offer applies to an individual book or perfume

  • Your name included on our website in acknowledgment of your support

About the contributors:

Kashina’s ongoing scent journal started in 2017 and appears on Instagram at @illicium.verum.nova. Her collections include East of Borneo (2020), Fotoaromanzo (2022), and Messages From A Dark Room (2024), all published by Antifurniture.

Noele Lusano is a writer, designer, and olfactory artist. She founded Ex Libris Odoratis with Aubrey Gurtovenko in 2020. Her work explores the interplay between olfactory memory, place, and cultural identity. She is the author of Another Grey City: A Scented Story, a travel memoir, also published by Ex Libris Odoratis as a limited edition.

A graduate of Rhode Island School of Design, Elizabeth Doering is a painter, colorist, and yoga practitioner. Her latest collection, Color Wells, reflects an ongoing exploration of color and form.

Read more about the contributors at the Ex Libris Odoratis blog.

 

Portals is generously supported by:

Kim Winderman
Rachel Cereca
Jeani Quade
Maxwell Williams
Jen Siems
Fahad Mayet
Cherry Cheng
Michael Nordstrand
Giovanna Dal Bom