DURING MILAN DESIGN WEEK/SALONE DEL MOBILE, TÈNUA JOINS KALDEWEI TO CREATE SCENTSCAPE, AN OLFACTORY LANDSCAPE WITHIN THE INSTALLATION. INCENSE WILL SHAPE THE ATMOSPHERE THROUGHOUT THE EVENT. VISITORS WILL RECEIVE A SMALL SCENTED OBJECT AS A MEMORY OF THE SPACE.

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SCENTSCAPE — BEYOND THE VISIBLE, A SPACE THAT LINGERS.

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20 - 26 APRIL 2026
11:00AM - 7:00PM
PALAZZO CRESPI
CORSO GIACOMO MATTEOTTI 1, MILAN

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CONTEMPORARY SPATIAL EXPERIENCES ARE OFTEN DESIGNED THROUGH VISUAL, TACTILE, AND ACOUSTIC ELEMENTS. YET SCENT REMAINS THE MOST INSTINCTIVE SENSE — DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO MEMORY AND EMOTION. TÈNUA APPROACHES FRAGRANCE NOT AS DECORATION, BUT AS A SPATIAL MATERIAL. SCENT SHAPES ATMOSPHERE, PERCEIVED TEMPERATURE, EMOTIONAL DISTANCE, AND PRESENCE. THROUGH ITS OLFACTORY DESIGN, TÈNUA INTRODUCES AN ADDITIONAL LAYER TO SPACE — ONE THAT TRANSFORMS IT INTO A MULTISENSORY EXPERIENCE, NOT ONLY SEEN, BUT REMEMBERED.

 

SCENTSCAPE IS A CONCEPT INSPIRED BY THE IDEA OF LANDSCAPE — AN INVISIBLE SCENERY SHAPED BY FRAGRANCE. AS ONE ENTERS A SPACE, SCENT SUBTLY ALTERS PERCEPTION, TRANSFORMING VISUAL EXPERIENCE INTO EMBODIED MEMORY. BY DESIGNING THE OLFACTORY ATMOSPHERE IN DIALOGUE WITH A GIVEN ENVIRONMENT, THE ENTIRE SPACE BECOMES A UNIFIED “SCENTED LANDSCAPE.”

 

A SPACE COMPLETED THROUGH SCENT.
SCENT IS THE FINAL LAYER THAT COMPLETES A SPACE.