Founded by Jerome Oude Sogtoen, the mastermind behind iconic brands such as Mona di Orio and Zenology, and perfumer Fredrik Dalman, Pantomime Parfum celebrates “the art of conveying emotions, actions and feelings without language”. The…
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…
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…
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…
Founded by Jerome Oude Sogtoen, the mastermind behind iconic brands such as Mona di Orio and Zenology, and perfumer Fredrik Dalman, Pantomime Parfum celebrates “the art of conveying emotions, actions and feelings without language”. The…
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…
