A prototype. Credit: Kickstarter

Julia Barbee—fashion designer, artist, and perfumer—is raising funds to head to the 2013 edition of High Desert Test Sites, a roving art festival that travels from Joshua Tree to Albuquerque, with different projects and itineraries at each stop along the way. Along with architect Matthew Suplee, they’re creating a (much cooler than normal) version of scented car air fresheners for attendees to collect along the way, amassing them into a collected souvenir of the experience. Each object/location has its own scent, of course.

A prototype.

Barbee and Suplee are using Kickstarter to fund the project, where you can read all the nitty grittys, along with this video, soundtracked by Sun Angle:

Also, they are being very transparent about the budget for this project. Hit the jump for details on their intended use of the funds.

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Marjorie Skinner is the Portland Mercury's Managing Editor, author of the weekly Sold Out column chronicling the area's independent fashion and retail industry, and a frequent contributor to the film and...