Lyn Harris: pioneering the soul and magic of perfumery.
The resume of Lyn Harris always impressed me: as a young woman she moved to France to receive a classical training as a perfumer at one of the prestigious schools in Paris and at Robertet…
Michael Edwards: “Niche has revitalized the whole industry.”
23 years after Michael Edwards published his book Perfume Legends he now launched the 2nd edition of what has become an indispensable and essential tool for professionals in the perfume industry as well as every parfumista and…
Atkinsons opens London flagship store: the return of a legend.
Scentury founder Helder Suffenplan travelled to London for the occasion of the grand opening of Atkinsons’ flagship store to sit down and chat with store designer Christopher Jenner, brand owner Dino Pace, and perfumer Julie Pluchet. Perfume’s…
Moonmilk by Stora Skuggan — mystery in a bottle.
In 1555 Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner described a geological phenomenon called Moonmilk: “Dripping tears of white liquid that never dry.” Here at SCENTURY we wondered how this mystical story became the inspiration for Moonmilk, the…
Montecristo Deleggend: interdisciplinary luxury.
Marco Ciccateri and his wife Sonja transformed their passion for perfume and luxurious cigars into a new line of fragrances: Montecristo Deleggend. Even if you’ve never smoked a cigar, you’ll surely associate words like luxury, refinement, craftsmanship, and…
Geza Schön: Stay hungry and foolish!
Though Geza Schön tries to avoid the limelight, he is one of the best known perfumers in the field of niche fragrances, and also a highly successful scent creator when it comes to sales and creative impact. Ten years after his radically…
Meet Stefania Squeglia, founder of Mendittorosa.
The actual meaning of Mendittorosa, the name of the Italian niche perfume house founded in 2012, is a secret that founder Stefania Squeglia is unwilling to reveal. But there were many other secrets Stefania was…
Isabel Lewis: The scent of Berghain and talking plants.
If Berghain was a scent, what would it smell like? And how is club culture connected to the idea of a garden? With the desire to change the code of the theater and exhibition space,…
Diana Vreeland: Outrageously vibrant!
I recently sat down with Alexander Vreeland, grandson of Diana Vreeland (1903 – 1989), the former editor of both Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue and the “only genius in the history of fashion magazines,” according to…
