Perfume Stories. An update.

In January 2023 I visited https://carvansons.co.uk/, they are one of the biggest producers of fragrance in Europe. I met with Luke Whowell, Director at Carvansons and the Head of Marketing, Vicki Last.

We discussed the idea of producing a bespoke kit to use with the learners at the HMP’s and with Novus. In addition to the Perfumes and fragrances I’ve been using in this project, I experimented with a number of direct scents at a recent workshop at HMP Buckley Hall * The impact exceeded my expectations. The prisoners responded really positively to the experience. Here are a few extracts  *

R Reminded me of the resin I used as a kid playing the violin.

D A football changing room when I was younger and used to play for a local team.

This new collaboration with Carvansons is now being run in conjunction with Novus across a number of HMP sites in the North East – these include HMP Northumberland, HMP Durham, HMP Holme House, HMP Kirklevington and HMP Deerbolt.

I’ve also just completed probably my final on site workshops at HMP Risley. One of the prisoners retells a story from their childhood, a memory ( one of the new Carvansons Scents ) of sitting around a table eating cake at home, when they were small. It was nearly fifty years ago. You forget about the doors, the locks, the noise, the security and more security. It’s the effects of 2.6 – Xylenol, Terpinolene and posh French Perfume. The stories are their stories. HMP Liverpool, HMP Hindley, HMP Buckley Hall and HMP Risley.