The Scent Society

EPILOGUE The following essays are recollections of outstanding snippets from my childhood. Moments in time that I vividly relive when I encounter specific smells. The smells in my memory and mind are abundant and all welcome regardless of the emotions they evoke. I will share with you my unique experiences that are intrinsically bound to…

Perhaps it’s the natural consequence of ageing, but the older I get, the more I enjoy those fragrances which many describe as “dad” scents, or to use a more complimentary term, classic barbershop scents. But what are Barbershop Scents exactly? As with most things which are inherently nostalgic they are hard to describe, because as…

It was around January 1998 when I first met Katia. She was a short, dark-haired girl – ordinary. If she had an attractive figure, I would have never known as she dressed unremarkably (in her defense it was the 90s and nothing in terms of fashion was remarkable…. apart from “Buffalo’s”). Had I not been…

Poor patchouli, how misunderstood you are!  It seems that you are destined to be that one member of the perfumery family that will never outgrow its bad reputation; forever doomed to be inextricably associated with long-haired, tye-dye wearing hippies.  So where did the unholy union of patchouli and hippy come from?  Patchouli has been used…