If stones could speak – the scent of matter
In the fairy tale Heart of Stone the hero decides to have his heart replaced with a stone in order to become the wealthiest man alive. But with his heart, he looses all empathy and…
In the fairy tale Heart of Stone the hero decides to have his heart replaced with a stone in order to become the wealthiest man alive. But with his heart, he looses all empathy and…
Soon you will set foot on planet Perfume, the first human to smell its precious elements – and possibly the last. Photographer and longtime contributor Axel Kranz created a series of videos to cover this…
Literature and scent have a long history together, and it all began with the Madeleine Effect, which was originally described in the 4,000-page classic novel In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust. In this…
Summer brings with it dazzling sunshine, beach fun, and clear skies. But it also entails summer rains, starry nights, and a changed perception of time. Summer is all of these things, but it’s also a…
Photographer Joseph Saraceno and creative director/still life stylist Wilson Wong’s most recent production for SCENTURY generated arrestingly poetic still lifes to convey a straightforward but essential truth: human life depends on the integrity of nature…
Behind every perfume there’s a story, and the same is true about every perfume brand. In the case of the premium niche brand Élisire, the founder’s journey to fragrance starts with a life-altering moment on…
Never underestimate the power of perfume! What may look — and smell — like a delightful triviality or a pleasant distraction has the potential to ignite a spark within your soul that can in no time turn into an…
When you strip the latest perfume launch of all the glitz and glamour that surrounds it, what you end up with is – a bottle and some juice inside of it. Less can be so much more…
On the occasion of Kilian Paris’s 15-year anniversary we had the chance to sit with founder Kilian Hennessy in Berlin for an exclusive interview. Much has happened since our first meeting with him in 2015. Not only…
A new year, a chance for a fresh start! Break your patterns of thinking, gain a new perspective on life and grasp the chance for change. Looking at the world from a different angle can be extremely…
More often than not the loud and chatty gets all the attention, not the subtle and nuanced. This applies to individuals as well as to objects and art, and it’s certainly true for fragrance. In a…
Perfume can take you anywhere — transport your mind and senses to any exotic destination on planet earth or make you travel back in time to revisit fond memories. Photographer Armin Zogbaum teamed up with the set designers at Studio…
Perfume is not only a time machine that triggers memories and takes you back to cherished moments and experiences in the past with just one spritz. It is also a powerful transporter that can take…
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…
Larry Tee has been credited as “a hipster before there were hipsters,” and “the man who made Williamsburg cool again.” He coined the musical genre term electroclash and helped launch the careers of such diverse…
Jeweler and designer Ele Miško works with various metals including silver, gold, copper, brass, titanium and aluminum, teaming them predominantly with opals, the signaure stone of her home country, Australia. Ele has vivid childhood memories…
Asger Carlsen was born and raised in Copenhagen before he moved to New York in 2007. He photographs nude models in his studio and later manipulates the images to erase any semblance of traditional human…
In Milan, we met with Danielle Ryan, the founder of ROADS, a Dublin-based contemporary lifestyle brand comprising three companies: ROADS Fragrances, ROADS Publishing and ROADS Entertainment. Born in Ireland to a Sri Lankan-German mother and an…
On the occasion of Diptyque’s shop opening in Berlin, Scentury’s Helder Suffenplan had a friendly chat with Fabienne Mauny, the brand’s general manager. An elegant Parisienne, Mauny radiates love and passion for the products she…
To mark the 10th anniversary of their brand, Ivan Pericoli and Benoît Astier de Villatte traveled to Berlin to introduce three new Eau de Colognes to the German perfume crowd at the beautiful MDC store in Prenzlauer…
In the fairy tale Heart of Stone the hero decides to have his heart replaced with a stone in order to become the wealthiest man alive. But with his heart, he looses all empathy and…
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…