What does it mean to want to be close to someone? Sometimes it is a body, sometimes a scent, sometimes only the memory of one.
A reflection on perfume, desire, intimacy, and why we can remember how someone smelled long after we have forgotten their face

Whenever I tell people I'm into perfume, they assume I own hundreds of bottles. The truth is, I don't really have a collection. What I do have is a shelf full of memories.

There was never a master plan behind illatos. Just a Hungarian word, a train journey through Italy, countless small decisions, and a promise I made to myself.

What starts as a conversation about cinema becomes something else entirely: memory, loss, transformation, and the feelings that resist direct description.

A slower, more personal approach to perfume. A scent advisory built around memory, atmosphere, taste and personal perfume history.

Some perfumes want to take you somewhere else. Domestica stays close: to memory, to the body, to everyday moments.

I spoke with Marty and Alvaro about how they turn those moments into scent, and what happens when something personal becomes something shared.

Layering isn’t about harmony. It’s about tension. What happens when two perfumes don’t blend? Microtonality.

There's a bowl of coffee beans in every perfume store. It's supposed to reset your nose. But it doesn't and the chemistry behind why we love the smell of coffee is far more interesting than the myth.

A conversation with Brooklyn perfumer Britton Daley, the creator behind Færal. We talk about scent, nostalgia, creativity and her debut fragrance Minou.

A perfume essay about Daft Punk, robot skin, and whether a machine can ever really feel.

A personal selection of six fragrances for December. For every kind of Christmas.

On smell, memory, and why a single scent can put you back somewhere you thought you'd forgotten.