May 9-10, 2025 | Hackensack, NJ
HACKENSACK, N.J., April 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ –To mark the birthday of Salvador Dalí, the father of surrealism, Facticerie–home to the world’s largest collection of perfume factices–invites guests into a fantastical, two-day celebration:
“The Scent of Dalí: A Surrealist Celebration of Fragrance Fantasies”
Dates: May 9 & 10, 2025 | Time: 2:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Facticerie Museum, 70 1st Street, Hackensack, NJ
Founded by Sudhir Gupta, Guinness World Record holder and custodian of olfactory memory, Facticerie is a museum unlike any other. Housing over 3,500 giant perfume sculptures once created as luxurious display art, it now becomes the stage for a surrealist tribute unlike any the fragrance world has seen.
This landmark exhibition showcases the only known complete collection of Salvador Dalí’s oversized perfume sculptures–phantasmagoric flacons, melted forms, and amphora-like relics reinterpreted into immersive scent installations. It is a multisensory homage where memory meets imagination, and fragrance becomes a form of artistic rebellion.
Accompanying the exhibit are floral dreamscapes by Venezuelan artist Mercedes Acosta, known for her ethereal creations at the MET Gala. Her installations–featuring dried blooms, botanical shadows, and suspended botanica–echo Dalí’s surrealism through a feminine, Latin American lens.
“As a Latin woman, I believe memory is fragrance,” says Acosta. “This is my love letter to Dalí–and to every dream that refuses to fade.”
“Dalí showed us that the surreal is more real than reality,” adds Gupta. “At Facticerie, we honor him not with paint–but with perfume.”
Visitors will also discover restored architectural elements from Manhattan’s historic Lascoff Pharmacy–converted into scent altars and surrealist cabinets of memory.
Media, cultural editors, and television crews are invited. Bilingual interviews, high-resolution visuals, and press previews are available upon request.
RSVP & Press Contact:
Sudhir Gupta | Email: g@facticerie.com | WhatsApp: +1 718-593-7988
www.facticerie.com
Only at Facticerie–The Museum of Invisible Things.
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