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…
Rooting for Spring – an awakening journey into nature.
It’s time to get in touch with Mother Nature and her boisterous springtime energy. In these strange times — with our free-flowing movement restricted by a global pandemic — it’s critical that we rediscover our…
Nocturnal creatures – when your olfactive dreams come true.
Salvador Dalí’s surreal color palette, De Chirico’s devoid architectural landscapes, and even a dash of El Greco’s religious zeal — this still life series by photographer Joseph Saraceno and stylist Wilson Wong stirs these ingredients…
Michael Edwards: “Niche has revitalized the whole industry.”
23 years after Michael Edwards published his book Perfume Legends he now launched the 2nd edition of what has become an indispensable and essential tool for professionals in the perfume industry as well as every parfumista and…
2019 WINTER EscENTIALS: Force Majeure
Nature’s forces mirror our deeply personal thoughts and emotions. If you’re in love, you could be singing in the rain; when your lover is gone, you might feel a flood of emotions. And you may…
AUTUMN EscENTIALS 2019: The skin we live in.
In homage to our largest and sexiest organ, SCENTURY celebrates the best of perfumed body care products with a sensuous photo series from acclaimed Berlin-based photographer Klas Foerster. Peaches and cream, ebony, fair, tanned, freckled,…
Creatures of the night — welcome to the South.
We asked Toronto-based photographer Joseph Saraceno to channel the sultry vibes of a steamy summer night into a series of perfume still lifes. The results simply bowled us over. These inventive, enigmatic images will transport you…
Northern Delights — Scandinavian Perfumery.
To celebrate the best of Scandinavian perfumery, Stockholm-based photographer Johan Rydberg created a stunning series of still lifes. Boldly disobeying the laws of gravity, minimalist flacons hover weightlessly above a scene of iron and steel—held…
Before Sunrise – last night, ages ago.
The hours just before dawn are full of magic. The Sun wavers below the horizon, its initial hints of light coloring the world around us in subtle shades of blue and grey — l’heure bleu as…
In Bauhaus we trust! The smell of minimalism.
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus, the twentieth century’s most influential design school, we asked Berlin photographer Axel Kranz to add some spice to the Bauhaus’s mission statement: Less is more. On April…