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Telegraph
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Bananas for banana: the surprising new trend in perfume
When the sun's out, we tend to lean towards citrusy scents that enliven, invigorate, and immediately transport us to the coastline – think juicy bergamot, neroli, lemon and fig. But not this year, not summer 2025 when there's an unusual tropical fruit that's trending: banana. Yes, the fruit most of you probably have in your kitchen right now could well be popping up in your perfume. Searches across Google and TikTok for banana fragrances are up by 46.8 per cent compared to last year and the hashtag #bananaperfume has racked up over 6.6 million views. Gourmands, as a fragrance category, have also gained traction over the past 12 months. Vanilla has been leading the charge but caramel, coconut, cherry, rum and chocolate are becoming more customary aromas with audiences of every age, and now banana is being cited as the new 'it' note. 'We're all craving a playful olfactory twist,' explains Jun Lim, founder of perfume brand BornToStandOut. 'And that's where banana delivers. Its creamy, quirky sweetness hits the spot, and what used to feel like a joke, now feels fresh.' According to perfumers, banana is incredibly versatile as a note and blends well with other fragrance families – from florals and spices to musks and amber, to other gourmand flavours, be it tropical fruits like pineapple and guava or sweet treats like honey and vanilla. Of course, you can't distil a banana as you would a flower or other fruits to create absolutes and essential oils, so the scent is made up of synthetic molecules, which gives perfumers even more freedom to get creative. It's also why not all banana fragrances smell like a Knickerbocker Glory and can be surprisingly grown-up, wearable and modern. Offering escapism, nostalgia and originality, banana perfumes are perfect if you like your fragrance wardrobe on the quirkier side. Plus, what a great talking point if someone asks you what scent you're wearing. Will we still be going bonkers over bananas come winter? Who knows. Romy Kowalewski, founder of Barcelona-based perfume house 27 87, thinks this is just the beginning: 'We're at the early exploration of what this note can become and banana is ushering in what feels like a new chapter for tropical scents. Think of how pistachio went from niche fascination to mainstream darling. I believe banana is on a similar trajectory and is an evolving note with elegance and edge.' Interested to see which scents we're going bananas for? These are the ones that have real 'a-peel':
BBC News
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Banana artwork at museum gets eaten... AGAIN!
Have you ever been on a school trip and felt a little hungry?Well, one visitor to a museum in France took their cravings a little too decided to tuck into a banana taped to the wall, that was part of an installation by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan. And, it's not the first time that the fruit in the artwork has been eaten!However, according to staff at the museum, the work was "reinstalled within minutes". The incident occurred at the Pompidou-Metz museum in eastern artwork, called Comedian, consists of a ripe banana duct-taped to a hungry visitor decided to take a bite into the fresh artwork, valued at tens of thousands of all was lost though, as museum staff explained: "As the fruit is perishable, it is regularly replaced according to instructions from the artist."It's not the first time that the fruity artwork has been enjoyed by members of the edible creation has sparked controversy ever since it made its debut six years 2019, performance artist David Datuna ate one of Mr Cattelan's art pieces on display at an art gallery in Miami, in the in 2023, a South Korean art student tucked into the banana, at an exhibition in the country's capital, said he was "hungry" after skipping breakfast and suggested that the installation was taped in order to eaten.
CTV News
2 days ago
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- CTV News
Someone has eaten artist Maurizio Cattelan's US$6 million banana
"Comedian" by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan is pictured. Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's artwork featuring a fresh banana taped to a wall has been eaten by a visitor to a museum in France. (Jean-Christophe Verhaegen/AFP/Getty Images via CNN Newsource) Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's artwork featuring a fresh banana taped to a wall has been eaten by a visitor to a museum in France. The piece, titled 'Comedian,' was eaten by a gallery-goer at the Centre-Pompidou Metz in eastern France on July 12, according to a statement from the museum, published Monday. 'The security team acted quickly and calmly, according to internal procedures,' the gallery said in the statement. 'The artwork was reinstalled a few minutes later,' it said, adding that the banana is 'only a perishable element' that is replaced on a regular basis according to Cattelan's instructions. Centre-Pompidou Metz said the artist was disappointed that the visitor had considered the fruit itself to be the artwork, instead of eating the skin and the tape that held it in place as well. The gallery has not filed a police report. 'Comedian' is intended to demonstrate the 'absurdity of financial speculation and the fragility of knowledge systems that underpin the art market,' it said. This is not the first time the artwork has been eaten. In 2019, when Cattelan unveiled 'Comedian' at the Art Basel Miami art fair in Florida, performance artist David Datuna grabbed the banana from the wall, before peeling and eating it in front of hundreds of stunned fair attendees. This became one of the art world's biggest viral moments and the work sold — with replacement banana — for US$120,000 at the fair. Then, in 2023, an art student took the banana from a wall at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, and ate it. And in November 2024, Justin Sun, a Chinese collector and founder of a cryptocurrency platform, acquired 'Comedian' for US$6.24 million at auction — before eating the banana. 'For now, it is perhaps the 'most-eaten' artwork of the last 30 years,' Centre-Pompidou Metz said in the statement.
CNN
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Someone has eaten artist Maurizio Cattelan's $6 million banana – again
Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's artwork featuring a fresh banana taped to a wall has been eaten by a visitor to a museum in France. The piece, titled 'Comedian,' was eaten by a gallery-goer at the Centre-Pompidou Metz in eastern France on July 12, according to a statement from the museum, published Monday. 'The security team acted quickly and calmly, according to internal procedures,' the gallery said in the statement. 'The artwork was reinstalled a few minutes later,' it said, adding that the banana is 'only a perishable element' that is replaced on a regular basis according to Cattelan's instructions. Centre-Pompidou Metz said the artist was disappointed that the visitor had considered the fruit itself to be the artwork, instead of eating the skin and the tape that held it in place as well. Related video Collector eats world-famous $6.2M banana The gallery has not filed a police report. 'Comedian' is intended to demonstrate the 'absurdity of financial speculation and the fragility of knowledge systems that underpin the art market,' it said. This is not the first time the artwork has been eaten. In 2019, when Cattelan unveiled 'Comedian' at the Art Basel Miami art fair in Florida, performance artist David Datuna grabbed the banana from the wall, before peeling and eating it in front of hundreds of stunned fair attendees. This became one of the art world's biggest viral moments and the work sold — with replacement banana — for $120,000 at the fair. Then, in 2023, an art student took the banana from a wall at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, and ate it. And in November 2024, Justin Sun, a Chinese collector and founder of a cryptocurrency platform, acquired 'Comedian' for $6.24 million at auction — before eating the banana. 'For now, it is perhaps the 'most-eaten' artwork of the last 30 years,' Centre-Pompidou Metz said in the statement.
CNN
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- CNN
Someone has eaten artist Maurizio Cattelan's $6 million banana – again
Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan's artwork featuring a fresh banana taped to a wall has been eaten by a visitor to a museum in France. The piece, titled 'Comedian,' was eaten by a gallery-goer at the Centre-Pompidou Metz in eastern France on July 12, according to a statement from the museum, published Monday. 'The security team acted quickly and calmly, according to internal procedures,' the gallery said in the statement. 'The artwork was reinstalled a few minutes later,' it said, adding that the banana is 'only a perishable element' that is replaced on a regular basis according to Cattelan's instructions. Centre-Pompidou Metz said the artist was disappointed that the visitor had considered the fruit itself to be the artwork, instead of eating the skin and the tape that held it in place as well. Related video Collector eats world-famous $6.2M banana The gallery has not filed a police report. 'Comedian' is intended to demonstrate the 'absurdity of financial speculation and the fragility of knowledge systems that underpin the art market,' it said. This is not the first time the artwork has been eaten. In 2019, when Cattelan unveiled 'Comedian' at the Art Basel Miami art fair in Florida, performance artist David Datuna grabbed the banana from the wall, before peeling and eating it in front of hundreds of stunned fair attendees. This became one of the art world's biggest viral moments and the work sold — with replacement banana — for $120,000 at the fair. Then, in 2023, an art student took the banana from a wall at the Leeum Museum of Art in Seoul, South Korea, and ate it. And in November 2024, Justin Sun, a Chinese collector and founder of a cryptocurrency platform, acquired 'Comedian' for $6.24 million at auction — before eating the banana. 'For now, it is perhaps the 'most-eaten' artwork of the last 30 years,' Centre-Pompidou Metz said in the statement.
