2020 WINTER EscENTIALS – winter tones.
Winter is the season of nuances and semitones. Unlike in summer, nature doesn’t brag with a spectacular and overpowering color palette, she applies a different strategy to capture our attention. Just like a skillful speaker…
Herbarium – my secret garden
We’re on the cusp of a new era where artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, and bionic enhancement will blur the lines between the human race and its fellow species, blending the worlds of animated nature and…
Autumn mists – beyond the veil.
“Autumn is the season of the soul,” Friedrich Nietzsche wrote and indeed this is the time when we direct our attention to the inner world of our thoughts and emotions, preparing to look back at the year to take…
2020 ATUMN EscENTIALS: Smoke on the Water
It’s that crisp, colorful time of year, which means time for us to forage for the most exciting 2020 autumn fragrances. Whether cuddling up by a crackling fire with earthy incense and myrrh accords or…
Things of beauty
“A thing of beauty is a joy forever: its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness,” the English romantic poetic John Keats wrote in his poem Endymionin 1818. This statement is definitely true for…
Phantosmia – only in your dreams.
Wikipedia defines Phantosmia as follows: „Phantosmia (phantom smell), also called an olfactory hallucination or a phantom odor, is smelling an odor that is not actually there. It can occur in one nostril or both.“ Paris-based…
Soft like me – perfumed oils for your body & nose.
Here at Scentury we’re obsessed with everything that smells nice: cologne, eau de parfum, home fragrances, scented candles, herbs and spices — just keep it coming! Another often underrated but lovely way to bring olfactive…
Welcome to Miami – Bienvenidos a Miami
Joy ride with us to Miami Beach, the city that’s every shade of sunlight and skin, ice cream and art deco. Where Sonny and Tubbs roll up their satin sleeves as they hop out of…
It’s a material world – turning lead into gold.
In his series of perfume still lifes, Warsaw-based Maciek Miloch turns lead into gold, celebrating the alchemy of surfaces, structures, and their inner glow. The set designs here were created by Natalia Mleczak, and are…
