Inspired by What? Eye, Nose...
Take Notes.
Ask Questions.
Document Everything.
Research is at the heart of everything that I do. Stacks of notebooks accumulate even at the faintest whisper of a Charenton Macerations fragrance concept. Photos, too.
Returning to these pages has saved me more times than I can count. Misplacing them has driven me to the brink of madness.
I close my eyes, press close, calmly inhaling until a note pulls me forward, insisting on being heard, a refrain I cannot ignore...
“I like the idea of subversively communicating with people… so that you make people see things in different ways.”
— Trent Reznor, Natural Born Thriller, L.A. Times, 1994
Working with materials as elusive, as mercurial and alive as scent, every stage of fragrance development calls for careful observation. Each ingredient has a voice; some are coy, some brazen, and I respond. A dialogue ensues. We begin to dance.
Olfactory storytelling unfolds over time, revealing textures, tensions, and possibilities that cannot be rushed.
Olfaction is performance. I am an avid observer, documenting queer perfume narratives that challenge expectation and expand olfactory potential.