Perfume: a perfect puzzle
Perfume is an ultimate puzzle, with (possibly) no wrong answers. Continue reading Perfume: a perfect puzzle
Category: Perfumery
The Copy Writer
An attempt at a copy of The Writer by St Giles, without having smelled it yet or having all of the ingredients. Continue reading The Copy Writer
This, Too, Shall Pass
My first attempt at making a synthetic perfume. Continue reading This, Too, Shall Pass
A green puzzle for St Patrick’s Day!
A small crossword puzzle related to green perfume (ingredients) to celebrate a day when people wear green! Continue reading A green puzzle for St Patrick’s Day!
Perfume as an olfactory tea
The other side of the coin of tea being an “internal perfume.” Continue reading Perfume as an olfactory tea
Be yourself—more—with perfume
Perfume can be a powerful boost to your “game face.” Continue reading Be yourself—more—with perfume
Ode to Tobacco Flower
Did I ever fall in love with a fragrance by its merit alone, the first time or in any of its reincarnations? Continue reading Ode to Tobacco Flower
Scentsory reprogramming
What we remember by smell is a moment in time. Continue reading Scentsory reprogramming
Obnoxious Rose
A rose could be obnoxious only if it were not being itself. Continue reading Obnoxious Rose
Fake Flower’s Fool
A double bluff in real life… they turned out to be real after all. Continue reading Fake Flower’s Fool
Smelling clean: an olfactory façade
Can you believe everything you smell? Continue reading Smelling clean: an olfactory façade
The day 2 blues
The day after I make a perfume is usually the day of highest doubt. It usually gets better from there. Continue reading The day 2 blues
Moi Non Plus, Mon Amour
A moment of unified repose for two complex individuals, and the conversation they share to get to it. Continue reading Moi Non Plus, Mon Amour
All perfume is gender neutral
Don’t let marketing tell you otherwise. Continue reading All perfume is gender neutral
The Best Supporting Actor award goes to… scent!
Scent cannot exist without objects that serve other senses. Yet, who is supporting whom? Continue reading The Best Supporting Actor award goes to… scent!
Slowing time on the scent piano
Could we slow down time by putting each scent in a composition along a linear time axis? Continue reading Slowing time on the scent piano
Do you smell textures?
Floral chypres quench a thirst I never knew I had. Continue reading Do you smell textures?
A yen for zen
To get to know a perfume, or a person, you have to take time and pay attention. Continue reading A yen for zen
Composition and compromise: a personal study
You don’t have to wear a canvas, when an accent piece might do just as well. Continue reading Composition and compromise: a personal study
L’Esprit d’Escalier
A metaphor in fragrance, an apt one at that. Continue reading L’Esprit d’Escalier
Nose Prose 