Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1922-05-02
SIGHT AND SCENT HARMONIES
BY Frederic J. Haskin

washington. May z.--Is your nose
| educntedY Can you tell, Tor instahce,
,ho difference between lavender anu
garlic with your eyes shutY III NOT
you had better begin to give your
nose daily setting-up exercises LOT
tho long neglected sense OF srnen IL
coming into It's own.
porsume concerts are the latest con-
,r,h,,,Ion of science to aestheticisrn'
and persons who have always depeno-
al largely on convention TO ten
them what 10 lik. and dlslike ID III"
category Of scents are said 70 be AT
loss when turned loose among tuturls-
tic perfume harmonies.
Tho perfume concert Is recent
scientific experiment II has long
been held by some scientists mat
hsrrnonies OF color, scent, or taste'
are as capable OF giving aeshe'ls
pleasure as harmonies OF SOUND.
we enjoy n series OF musical choroS'
they reasoned. why should we not
} enjoy A. series OF perfume harmonies'
; or n serjey OF blended colors A dress
or peintina may be beautiful by rem
son OF It's colors alone. But both color
and perfume have always been mace
IN sarvs as accessories. They nave
been ignored as aesthetic stimulants.
, Yet both can be fl1ed in n scale. sirnl-
|. lar TO the musical scale, scientists
p find. Using these scales. harmonious
3 or clashing chords and sequences can
2 be evolved. just as in music. THIS
l.. In, a.. fhr6YW the
e scIentists who have experimented
9 with perfume and color.
SO far an taste goes. IL will be re-
mernbered that Huysrnans In ono OF
e his novels. describes liquor organ
3 This was made up OF a scale OF liquors
= In glasses. and combinations were
" formed and tasted by tho operator
u Ths symphony OF taste would seem
q 10 be a more far fetched idea than the
u coucert OF color or rcent- II is es-
peciaIy far-fetched now in this coun-
= try. for few aesthetics would be able
y to rig out a complete set OF nquit
= notes for an organ.
al Scale Of Soft stun.
lr More practicable. perhaps. would b.
20 a soda fountain organ. with scai'
running from strawberry 10 vanilla
T. The difficulty is that one sample a
r a time OF the soda clerks skill a
". harnonies is enough for most people
a, A complete symphony. consisting OF
i, succession of allegros. adagios. coileg
of delights, and cherry whoops woul
knock almost any patron OF the art
in into transports OF indigestion. Tn
v. American stomach Will have to b
or strenthened befors the America
sense Of tasts can be very much de
In veIoped TO appreciate tho soft drin
y. concert
n The color organ presents fewer dif
ny flouIties. At least, IL offers no 'nterns
danger to those testing its delights
e. has been used for some tipne as an in
D. teresting novelty.
rn The score for a color composite
es IL generally written in advance, an
tho colors are projected on scree
ed In tho combinations order that tn
er score Directs. The concert II produce
en- by an operator at an organ-iike IN
ic- strument with key board. and stop
e. which control different light rays.
nd Almost any ono who is not colo
blind or who is no. entirely devoi
OF a feeling for beauty can get SOM
pleaslre from a simple color concer
Il Is claimed. Very subtle harmonic
require a moro sensitive audience. {
course. at any color performance n
person VINO is critic and a love
Of coiors can get much more out
the display than a person who ia II
different 10 tho appeal Of the spectrum
Civilized man is used 70 dependir
on his eyes for information more tha
on his carr, nose, or fingers. For tn;
reason, at least the color organ hi
chance for popularity. When
comes 20 the neglected nose. 1t seen
likely that at first only few sens
tive souls Will be able TO enjoy full
the subleties OF a perfume concert
a perfume scale has been fixed
DR.. Septirnus Piesse. a French chemi.
He uses delicate and punsent seen
for the high notes and the hea'
scents for low notes. Though n fe
OF the odors of his scale are not
miliar 20 the layman, most OF the
are; so We quote the plan Of the pc
fums keyboard.
Patchouu to Cfvet
Starting with the bass clef, three c
taves below middle c; do. patchou
r. Vanilla mi. Glove bark; IA, benzoi
sol, frangipane; la, storax; al, GLOW
do, sandalwood: re, clemaeis; mi, re
=, tan; IA, castoreum; sol, pergulair
80 Ia, balsam OF Peru; 81. carnation;
w. Sr geranium; re. helitrope; mi. iris;
W. musk sol. pois de sonteur; la, bi
n sam Of Tolu: ST. cinnamon; do. 70
NY Rose corresponds TO middle c. T
treble rises with re, violet; mi, cass!
=, IA, tuberose; sol. orange flowers;
newmown hay; ST, aurone; do, ca
phor; re. almond; mi, Portugal;
jonquil; sol syringa: Ia, tonka bea
81, mint; do, jassarnine; re. bergam'
mi. citron; IA, ambergris; sol. ms
nolia; la. lavender; 81. peppermint
do. pineapple; re. citronel; mi, W
vain; IA, civet-
II From this keyboard the skilled p'
fumer can draw harmonies by co
bining the essences into chords
the delectation OF his audience
II seems possible that man miG
develop greater sensitiyeness TO p
fumes. The arabs cultivated the SCI
of smell as an instrument OF piea s.
II able sensation. II is written OF III