In a world cluttered with images, ideas and things it gets increasingly difficult for us to make valid choices. Zooming in on what is often branded as an Eldorado of unlimited opportunities you soon discover…
As long as anyone can remember flowers have been a symbol for all aspects of life: red roses stand for love, forget me nots for faithfulness. White lilies epitomise innocence, violets modesty. Even the darker sides of…
We went in search for the golden fleece, looking to find fragrances that have been inspired by the most noble metal itself. Not all roads on this journey have been paved with gold but we’re happy…
“Reality is negotiable,” lifestyle guru Tim Ferriss says. London photographer duo Will Morgan and Martin Slivka, aka WILMA, took this quite literally and teamed up with set designer Maya Angeli to create this editorial and…
“Variety is the spice of life that gives it all its flavor,” English poet William Cowper (1731–1800) said. We believe this applies in particular to aromas and scents. That’s why we asked long-time contributors Photographer…
Fruits and leaves and flowers and sticks — Berlin photographer and long-time contributor Klas Foerster has created for us a series of still lifes that have been entirely inspired by the gifts of nature. What…
The infinite variety and richness of late autumn and winter brought to you in one series of perfume still lifes. In an elaborate photo session in London, the creative duo and longtime contributors Nocera & Ferri…
The right skin and body care will help your to make it through the darker season with harsh winds and low temperatures outside, and excessively dry indoor air inside – but it can do so…
The dictionary describes wanderlust as “a deep desire to travel and explore the world”. And hardly ever before have we collectively felt such a strong urge to wander, after those long months of constraints and restrictions.…
Every day is a full circle from the first dawn to the moment the sun sets behind the horizon plunging the world into darkness – only to rise again on a new morning. The constantly…
Hundreds of fragrances are created every year but very few of them have something new to say. Today we bring to you a selection of true classics young and old that have gained their place…
We usher in our summer season with our 2021 SUMMER EscENTIALS: The sky is blue, the grass is green, the sun is yellow. This may sound like the perfect summer day and probably makes sense…
Tolstoy believed that all the beauty of life was made of light and shadow. And indeed, without the play of shadows cast by the light, the elegant details of a Palladio façade, the bold forms of a…
“Spring is the sun shining on the rain and the rain falling on the sunshine,” author Frances Hodgson Burnett once said of the year’s primal season. With that in mind, we’ve chosen the 12 perfect…
Friendly, observant, spirited, humorous, and refined: Serge Lutens comes as close to what one might call a Zen master of perfume as you can get. Enjoy our conversation with him about love, life, death, his…
During this year’s Esxence we sat with Cérine Vasseur — one half the founding duo of Paris-based perfume house Evody. In 2008 Cérine and her mother, Régine Droin, launched their own perfume line, drawing on…
My first trip to Barcelona — yet the Sagrada Familia and Olympic Village warrant barely a passing thought as I make my way straight to the HQ of Ramón Monegal, a perfumer whose work is…
Susanne Wuest knew already at a tender age that she would have to leave her idyllic valley in Lower Austria, her birthplace, if ever she were to make her dreams come true. She consequently took…
There are people whose mere presence radiates a sense of calm, even in the eye of the hustling-bustling storm that a perfume fair, by its very nature, always is. Martine Denisot, perfumer and founder of…
Fashion Designer Hien Le was born in Laos but his family moved to Berlin when he was only one. Still, his designs seem to echo the natural, light palette of his native country, perfectly pairing…
As a trained dancer, singer, and actress, Chiara Schoras is an all-around talent. Thanks to her Italian mother and German father, she grew up bilingual, performing in both Italian and German movie and theater productions…
Till Brönner is the most successful German jazz musician ever — and a perfume lover. He’s one of the few jazz trumpeters known by name to a broad audience beyond the often secluded world of jazz.…
We meet Friedrich Liechtenstein in Berlin at the Emil Studios, in the house where David Bowie, Tangerine Dream, Nick Cave and Depeche Mode recorded landmark albums — and Liechtenstein his latest offering, the album Schönes…
In a world cluttered with images, ideas and things it gets increasingly difficult for us to make valid choices. Zooming in on what is often branded as an Eldorado of unlimited opportunities you soon discover…
Scentury’s Helder Suffenplan met with artist Ingo Mittelstaedt at the Berlin Botanical Gardens for a perfume blindtasting, surrounded by budding shrubs and magnolia trees in full bloom. Ingo Mittelstaedt was born in East Berlin in the former…
Scentury’s Helder Suffenplan met with artist Kandis Williams in her Berlin studio for a perfume blindtasting a conversation about olfactive memories. Williams lived in Baltimore, New York, Paris and New Orleans where she experienced the intoxicating scents of…
Seeing Bibiana Beglau on stage can be a life-changing experience. The dazzling physicality and dramatic intensity of her performances challenge our conceptions of theater’s possibilities and boundaries, and acting in general. Her interpretations on stage…
Rafael Horzon, furniture tycoon, apple pie magnate, original genius, and an enigma to many, granted us a rare opportunity to question him about his achievements in business and life as well as about his latest…
We met one of Berlin’s most notorious characters, Christoph Tophinke, for a blindtasting with LAVS by Unum. Find out here how he reacted! Chelsea Farmers Club is so much more than just a shop for traditional British…
We met with illustrator and painter Olaf Hajek in his Berlin-Mitte studio for a perfume blindtasting and confronted him with Smoke For The Soul by By Kilian. Find out here how he reacted! In his work Olaf…
With meticulous precision, Bettina Krieg creates large-format, monochrome landscapes that alternate between figuration and abstraction. The wealth of detail in these vast realms composed of innumerable, accurately accomplished strokes literally pulls the viewer in. After…
Susanne Wuest knew already at a tender age that she would have to leave her idyllic valley in Lower Austria, her birthplace, if ever she were to make her dreams come true. She consequently took…
