Library of Scent
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Fragrance—she had me from the jump. My first love affair? She arrived in a glossy white bottle—Anaïs Anaïs. A green-and-pink floral sticker. A jasmine heart. I was in junior high—and in love.
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Post college, I moved on to Quelques Fleurs—a multi-floral bouquet I found impossibly chic. A loyalist, I wore her for years until I discovered Creed—the scent of Grace Kelly and Princess Di. Say less. Like a bee, I buzzed between Fleurissimo, Spring Flower, White Flowers, and Love in White.
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And then? She stepped into the spotlight—Tom Ford Jasmine Rouge.
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Jasmine Rouge was Anaïs Anaïs’ red-lit cousin—a sensual, saturated blend of peppercorn, sage, and jasmine housed in an oxblood-red bottle as iconic as the Louboutin red sole, itself.
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I was faithful to her for over a decade, until the day my youngest, Blake, wondered how I could only wear one fragrance. He—then 16—was already building a scent wardrobe of his own. Me—lover of beauty, curator of detail—with no scent wardrobe to speak of?
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I paused. He was right. A white space in my curation?
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And so I curated. I moved slowly and deliberately, distilling a wardrobe, building my scent library.
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I created a scent capsule by placing fragrances into categories that reflected me. Your categories may be different than some of mine—maybe florals don’t get that final rose. Choose what resonates. Release what doesn’t. Add your own chapter.
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Fragrance, like your wardrobe, should breathe and evolve.
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This is what lives on the shelves of my scent wardrobe:
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Clean | Skin
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Your everyday staples. The foundation—like a white tee or my forever boyfriend jean: Rag & Bone’s Dre. They go with everything. No second guessing. Just mist, breathe, go.
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For me, the backbone of my scent library lies in the pages of Byredo’s Gypsy Water, U Beauty’s Proem, and Louis Vuitton’s Symphony. Sheer, understated, essential—your skin, but elevated.
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gypsy water | Juniper, Lemon, Incense, Pine Needle, Sandalwood
‍proem | Neroli Flower, White Tea, Summer Rain
‍symphony | Grapefruit Blossom, Fresh Musk, Sheer Cedar
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Floral | Luminous
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Florals—the soul of my collection. Echoes of Anaïs, my first love. Once sweet, now deepened. Layered. Nuanced. Matured. As all good wardrobes must.
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Victoria Beckham’s San Ysidro Drive—for sultry summer days and afterglow evenings. She leaves a soft, dewy sheen—a trail of passionfruit and amber. Tom Ford’s Jasmine Rouge, a holiday siren, worn best on city nights and cobblestone paths. A red soul in place of a red sole. The Harmonist’s Metal Flower. She’s the wild card, the rockstar in the garden who wears shades during the day. She’s that girl. Your rose—but definitely with thorns.
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These scents unfurl with presence—petals, polish, and poise.
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san ysidro drive | Passionfruit, Saffron, Rose Absolute, Jasmine, Oud, Vanilla, Black Amber
‍jasmine rouge | Black Pepper, White Pepper, Clary Sage, Jasmine, Ylang Ylang, Labdanum Resin, Amber
‍metal flower |  Rosoxydes, Aldehydes, Orange Blossom, Rose of May, Bulgarian Rose, Ylang-Ylang, Patchouli, White Musk
‍fleur narcotique | Lychee, Peach, Jasmine, Peony, Orange Blossom, Musk, Moss
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Woody | Depth
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Grounding and magnetic. These are the cashmere coats and leather boots of your collection—anchoring, textural, and enduring. Reserved for crisp air, long nights, when you want to leave them whispering in your wake.
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Bond No. 9’s Greenwich Village is a bold, urban floral-wood—my go-to for city nights. No shrinking violet, she envelops and enchants; a touch of jazz that perfumes the air and carries long past the sunset. Spellbinding, Maison d’Etto’s Canaan, is the quiet whisper who beckons.
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greenwich village | Cassis, Lychee, Mandarin, Peony, Water Lily, Jasmine, Ambrox, Praline, Musk, Oakmoss
‍canaan | Cardamom, Pimento Leaf, Tuberose Absolute, Neroli, Woody Notes, Tonka, Oud
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Green | Fresh
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Sugar-snap peas and sun-dappled gardens. The early spring edit—light, leafy, and alive. Surprisingly chic layered under a winter blazer—cashmere or wool. An off-season twist. A whispered contrast. This garden? Less flowers, more stems.
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Diptyque’s L’Ombre dans l’Eau, my constant companion, a green-tinted memory of an English countryside, wild white roses climbing the garden gate. Wellies. Barn jacket. Princess Di energy.
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l’ombre dans l’eau | Blackcurrant Leaf, Bulgarian Rose, Petitgrain, Musk
‍sacred water | Mineral Accord, Citrus, Juniper, White Amber, Cedarwood
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Material | Study
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There’s something elemental about the scent of hay. Grounded, earthy, rich—the stable-born strand of your wardrobe, housed beside your riding boots and leather crops. For that crisp fall day or the first glaze of snow blanketing the fields.
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Maison d’Etto’s Macanudo is that girl—a warm slurry of hay and tobacco leaf, lightly cut with jasmine and vetiver. In a single leap, she collapses the distance between beauty and truth
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macanudo | Hay, Tobacco Leaf, Jasmine, Smoked Vetiver
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Conceptual | Skin Science
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The “wrong shoe” theory of fragrance—low-profile sneakers with a slip dress, so wrong it’s right. These are for the Einsteins among us. Offbeat. Intelligent. A little aloof. Worn not just with intention, but invention.
Minimalist or maximalist, these scents don’t just layer—they alter the air around you. You—but a little bit better.
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Are they a scent? Are they an essence? That’s one secret they’ll never tell…
but they shift perception. They change things—as all good science does.
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I wear these to add quiet impact or to layer over another scent. Molecule 01 expands the space around a scent. Worn alone, she’s your skin with a little more complexity, a little more musk—your skin scented lightly like fresh laundry. Try Not a Perfume over Diptyque’s L’Ombre dans l’Eau and watch the shadow darken, linger, sharpen. You’ve made something bespoke—lab coat entirely optional.

molecule 01 | Iso E Super
‍escentric 01 | Pink Pepper, Green Lime, Incense, Iso E Super
‍not a perfume | Cetalox
‍another 13 | Iso E Super, Ambroxan, Musk, Moss, Jasmine, Ambergris
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My scent library? Only just begun.
The next volume? Still unfolding.
The story? She lingers past the last page.