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…
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…
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…
When Thierry Mugler died unexpectedly earlier this year, the media described him as one of the most unique and influential fashion designers of the 20th century, a genius ahead of its time who respected no rules and…
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…
“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…
Some say paradise is not a place but a state of mind. For others it’s God’s sweet reward at the end of a long and virtuous life. While waiting to find out who’s wrong or right,…
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…
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…
