The third edition of Olfactory Signals, the new fragrance salon, returns to 10 Corso Como from Thursday June 4th to Sunday 7th, 2026.

Founded by System Preferences in 2024, Olfactory Signals is conceived as an incubator and platform for scent-based narratives, showcasing avant-garde expressions of fragrance from around the world in a design-conscious environment celebrating the convergence of art, science and wellbeing.
 Housed within the Project Room a diverse selection of fragrance projects are showcased as individual exhibitors – allowing each maker the space to present their aesthetic and olfactory universe Over 30 international makers converge in this intimate setting designed for contemplation and commerce, with both a wholesale and retail model allowing for immediate purchase and business development opportunities alike.

In the Gallery and Mezzanine, site-specific interventions by exhibitors are curated alongside installations by contributing artists, offering tangible manifestations of this invisible medium. Sculpture, photography and sound co-exist in projects that position scent as both a mythical and politicized medium – asking philosophical questions concerning the transmission, ownership and agency of scent. Installations include, , The Field of Possibilities by Chiara Capellini, where scent is sealed inside an inaccessible vessel, and Fragrance Fountain (fig. 76) by Fabian Bergmark Näsman together with Haisam Mohammed, in which perfume is misted directly into the air from the branches of a miniature tree. Elsewhere, a series of Zeroth air purifiers conceived by Octave Perrault continuously cleanse the air, in an affirmative gesture constantly regenerating the atmospheric density of the space.

OS.03 evolves the radical spirit that defined OS.01 (2025), wherein the Norwegian artist and smell researcher Sissel Tolaas installed Papier Rollen [Paper Reels] 1-4M. Following their collaborative work CO_LAB Breath of One Many for OS.02 at MATTER and SHAPE (2026) in March, Tolaas returns with the French architect Octave Perrault to present OPEN AI®️ — treating the 10·Corso·Como Rooftop not as architecture but as an interface with the sky — a field where air moves freely and carries information across space. Based on the premise that air and water are the last truly free elements, the installation is structured through distinct “pillow areas”, positioned according to the cardinal directions of the wind. Each pillow is nano-embedded with molecular compositions that correspond to light, temperature, movement, andtime, creating an atmosphere that changes throughout the day, and an invisible choreography of perception. The existing garden provides an organic infrastructure wherein artificial molecules are introduced by Tolaas, creating invisible friction between the organic and the engineered. Guests are offered water infused with molecules, acting not only as refreshment but as a continuation of the project’s elemental logic: a carrier of taste, memory, and life.

AGENDA

5 June 2026

10:00 – 11:00 Conversation 1
(Art)iculating Smell
Sissel Tolaas & Octave Perrault
moderated by Dan Thawley

11:15 – 12:00 Conversation 2
Fragrance Fountain (fig. 76)
Fabian Bergmark Näsman & Haisam Mohammed 
Moderated by Dan Thawley

18.30 – 19:30 Stella of Sound
QOA — sonic experience aural architectures for floating states of perception language of vibrations

6 June 2026

11:00 – 11:45 Conversation 3
Beyond Human Sense - Translating the Metal Mind
Vittorio Maria Dal Maso & Emma McCormick Goodhart

18:00 – 18:45 Conversation 4
The Field of Possibilities
Chiara Capellini & Ambra Martone

7 June 2026

Cromo Tea Ceremony hosted by Jenny D. Pham
10:30 – 11:00 Session 1 
11:00 – 11:30 Session 2 
11:30 – 12:00 Session 3