My favourite scent memory is a fragrance that I wore on a holiday to see my family in Hawaii, named ‘Beach Walks’ by Maison Margiela.
The scent beautifully captures the beachy and sunny smells of Hawaii, and every time I smell it I’m transported in my mind straight back to that happy place.
My favourite scent memory is the smell of pine trees at Christmas as it reminds me of being together with my family, decorating the tree, and cosy Christmas evenings!
One of my favourite scent memories is a combination of sandalwood and incense…it reminds me of a folk festival I used to go to every year where the shops and stalls carried this lovely woody, smokey scent. More recently, these two notes remind me of a trip to Mysore in India back in 2014.
I grew up in a small town in Northern France where there are many forests, and the smell of woods always brings me back to this which is a very special scent memory for me.
A rather clever friend of mine gave me a ‘Scent Library’ from Penhaligons when I was a young teenager. That single product completely transformed my perception of scent and has informed the rest of my career.
My parent’s home has every wall covered in old wooden libraries with the most precious old books, and to nowadays, this is my most intense and important scent memory.
A mix of papery sharpness with ebony and walnut wooden furniture, and the slightly humid and powdery dustiness of the old books always reminds me of my childhood, my parents’ incredible erudition and their love for culture and education. All my reading experiences are heavily influenced by books individual smell, and when in need of comfort, ink and paper are the first olfactory reassurance I reach out for. Funnily enough, I am constantly on a quest for amplifying my collection of literature-inspired and papery fragrances!
The Fragrance Foundation UK 
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