ART, NATURE AND SCENT
LET'S CELEBRATE EARTH DAY AT LA RIVELAINE
La Rivelaine invites the American Women's club to a private immersive visit uniting art, nature, scent, and education. Set within its tranquil gardens and historic barn, the experience explores the dialogue between botanical cultivation, incense craftsmanship at Insensum, and ecological responsibility. Through guided encounters, exhibitions, and sensory discovery, visitors are welcomed into a living space where creativity fosters environmental awareness and shared cultural understanding.
The Experience
During your visit to the atelier of Insensum, you will be introduced to the refined production process of incense and to the deeply human language of scent.
The art of incense-making offers a powerful paradigm: a practice in which centuries-old knowledge meets contemporary science, guided by a disciplined respect for the laws of nature — where matter, time, and attention converge.
Embodiment and incarnation are central to this approach. Through sensory experience — particularly the often-overlooked sense of smell — ideas become tangible, knowledge becomes responsibility, and ecology becomes a shared way of inhabiting the world.
To feel, to see, and to listen become acts of consciousness.
By reawakening the senses, the experience at La Rivelaine proposes a renewed anthropological horizon — one that translates care for creation into everyday responsibility and opens a path toward a more durable and peaceful future, shared across cultures.
Highlights of the Private Visit
10:30 am : Introduction to the beautiful gardens and the discovery of the wonderful perfumery atelier of La Rivelaine, led by Cyrille Lucas Vael, exploring the relationship between botanical cultivation, scent creation, and the protection of natural ecosystems
11:45 am : A welcome in the barn by Fleur Rossdale, Founder of the Direct Climate Cooling Initiative of the DCCI Educational Programme and author of children's fairy tales.
12:00 pm : A curated exhibition in the historic barn, blending climate, nature, and education, featuring works by established artists
12:30 pm :Enjoy a Lunch/Brunch in the beautiful Garden
