

I put my nose to the glass, inhale the first breath, and feel completely traCan we learn to appreciate certain wines more through their scent? It’s the smell for me, one hundred percent. Wine experts and even nonprofessional wine lovers will test a lot of wines in different years, or the same specific prodIs our memory with wine triggered by smell or taste, or a combination of the two? You’ll even use touch when feeling the liquidWith wine, does a linear relationship exist between smell and taste? Tasting wine is one of the few activities in which we use all five senses. As How does scent interact with the other senses in our appreciation of wine? Once you look at whatever you’re going to eat or drink, the next sense you’re going to use is your nose. We think of the mouth and taste buds as the primary aspect of drinking wine or eating food, but I believe tequally important. Since landing in New York City and starting this spring as the winEleven Madison Park flagship (which transitioned last year to an all-vegan menu), Di Bella has been overseeing its 200-plus-page, 5,000-selWhat role does scent play in the wine experience?Ī major one. Then it’s about getting in the mood.īorn into a Franco-Sicilian restaurateur family, Gabriel Di Bella traces his passion for food and wine to helping his chef father, Giuseppe, run their family operation in the French cit Daniel Humm’s opening team at Davies and Brook, at Claridge’s London, as the wine director, a position he held until Humm and the hwrote of the decision on Instagram, “and this is the path we must take”). Continuum seeks-or at least attempts-to serve as a reminder that travel is a fusion of logistics and romance. Today more than ever, the cologne appears to suggest, traveling anywhere requires risk, which only increases the reward. The scent includes a blend of green mandarin, tobacco leaves, orris roots, and oud, forming a bold, musky bouquet that’s at once mineral and earthy, evoking both city streets and the great outdoors. “The notes chosen for Continuum were carefully selected to embody those inspirational voyages.” “In light of a world where people are rediscovering travel, continuing Tumi’s foray into fragrance meant learning and understanding the different scents one can experience along their journeys,” Tumi’s creative director, Victor Sanz, said in a statement.

It was released earlier this fall, just as more people began to warm up to the idea of taking trips again after restrictions on travel eased and vaccines became more widely available. While its first two releases, Unwind and Awaken, energized the olfactory organs with highly concentrated citrus, herb, and floral notes, its latest aroma, Continuum, conjures up the insatiable curiosity of contemporary explorers. (A handful of other upscale brands that offer travel essentials, including Victorinox and Montblanc, have also expanded into the fragrance market the luxury houses Louis Vuitton and Hermès have long been in the scent game.) Tumi’s approach to cologne focuses on evoking qualities that are associated with the invigorating experience of an excursion. Since scents can often have a transporting effect, it seems, on one level, logical for a luggage company to create a perfume as another means to carry users to a different place. Its cult following catapulted Tumi into a full-scale lifestyle label that now offers not only baggage, but accessories, outerwear, and, as of last year, men’s fragrances that underscore its spirit of refined exploration. Its founder, Charlie Clifford-a former Peace Corps volunteer in South America who named his business after a type of sharp tool used in the central Andes region during pre- and post-colonial eras-built the company on a simple black, ballistic-nylon suitcase. Tumi, the travel brand founded in 1975, has long been known for its functional luggage that manages to be stylish.
