ALBERTO LUENGO MARTIN
Alberto Luengo Martin leads AI research at Rkive AI. He writes fiction, and a scientific treatise on the chemistry and phenomenology of perfume. His work overlaps across domains in ways he didn’t plan for.
Writing
The Architecture of the Perfume Industry
Most people think of a perfume in terms of the brand on the bottle and the perfumer who created it. That's two layers of a system that has six.
How Smell Works
Of the five senses, smell is the oldest — and the only one that bypasses the thalamic relay and talks directly to the parts of the brain that handle memory and fear and desire.
Books
Peer Review
novella
Scent & Silence
treatise
Ventures
FM Lab
Co-founder & CEO · 2020 — 2023
Wearable hardware devices and AI for wearables.
Previously: Themtech.
A short note from time to time, when something is worth saying.