Le Cyclope
During the Yokai project, I made Kappa—the cucumber-in-canal-water scent born out of sheer spite because I utterly despise the smell of cucumbers…
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The Conqueror
This actually started because I was planning to release two fragrances: one was Calypso, which has already launched, and another unreleased one. But…
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Calypso
Around late last year, after wrapping up the Yokai project, the four of us in the crew (First, Ohm, Pond, Not) were live-streaming on the Novelic…
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I actually had the idea in my head since starting the brand: I wanted to make a grilled meat scent that smells like you just went out for Thai Moo…
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Nuit d’Étoiles
This idea came from a family trip to Khao Kho last year. It's probably the only fragrance in the core collection whose concept came after the brand…
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Lilas Larmes
Anyone who has known me since my early days of learning perfumery knows this fragrance has been in development since the very beginning of the brand…
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Honeydote
This was my entry for the Make Scents Make Sense competition late last year. At the time, I chose Litsea Cubeba (may chang) as my challenge because…
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Hatsushigure 初時雨
As for the name, I intentionally paid tribute to one of my favorite J-Rock bands, Ling Tosite Sigure (凛として時雨), which means "cold like late autumn…
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Kirin: Mise en Scène
If you remember, earlier this year I sent the fragrance Clytie to Khun Mo, an artist with synaesthesia (a condition where sensory cross-perception…
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Kappa 河童
When we were selecting yokai and testing the initial Kirin drafts at Soi Sônn Klinn, someone piped up, "Let's do Kappa! Cucumber scent!" Everyone…
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Kirin 麒麟
After the "Scented Memoirs" event in April, Pond (Laol), Phi First (Novelic), Phi Not (Nostalgia), and I—all co-organizers—sat around in a group…
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Genovese
The concept for Genovese dates back around this time last year (meaning the concept actually predates Rosé and Thalassa, haha!). At that point, I had…
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Clinophilia
Believe it or not, the idea for this came even before Rose et Rosé, Thalassa, and Theobroma, haha! (Though they all wrapped up around the same time…
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Theobroma
This was a heavily rushed project towards the end of last year (though I think all the details I wanted are fully there). It ended up bumping another…
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Clytie Κλυτίη
Anyone who has known me since I started perfumery last year knows this was the very first fragrance I ever created on my own.
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Thalassa
It all started when I was watching the movie The Menu. There's a scene where a food critic eats an oyster (I think) and describes the dish as…
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Rose et Rosé
It started because I wanted to create a booze note, but the only alcohol I can actually drink is wine (like a kid—heavy on the sweet stuff). So I…
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Agápē αγάπη
It's a phrase I kept hearing around constantly ever since I started my freshman year at Chulalongkorn University.
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50 ml, 10 ml or 2 ml: choosing a format
Every fragrance comes in three sizes. Here is how we would choose between them.
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