As part of the presentation of plans for a united language campus (KieliKampus) at JYU, Marlen along with student-researchers Jenni,...
"Could I really write about a 3200 year old woman, of which we know so very little?"
Marlen has been working in the fragrance industry since 1990. Having started in sales and line representation, he later began...
When building characters, a great strategy I like to use (among others) is to consider both internal and external characteristics.
Image by Grant Osborne Osaka, Japan – A trip to the Body Shop proved near fatal for one American man...
Marlen has an alter-ego, “ThePerfumeCritic”! Read his take on ten, great male fragrances for 2013 in MensJournal.com. Read the article...
So, who are you? Well? Do you hear me talking to you? Won’t you say something? Why are you in my house?
“…I ask him if he is ‘out’ and he looks at me, moves his head slightly forward and asks, ‘Pardon?’”...
"The panel defined artistic perfumery as a type of creative design where the perfumer is not necessarily limited by someone else's concept, brief, or vision. Art itself lies at the core of artistic perfumery and as such, the panel addressed how such art can be judged and critiqued."
10 Best New Colognes for Men “It goes without saying that a man’s smell is a deeply personal thing. It’s...
Presentations from the 1st Annual Graduate Research Conference, Tiffin University, Ohio: Keynote, “Creating Opportunities for Student Professional Development in Online Programs”; March, 2019
The American Society of Perfumers (ASP) will hold its 54th annual symposium June 2 at the Marriott Marquis on Broadway in New York, NY....










