What’s your name?
Claire McKimmie.

Hometown?
Aberdeen, Scotland.

What do you do for a living?
Knits designer.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
Musky with a feminine and clean twist.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
My mum overdoing it with her Clinique aromatics elixir.

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
CK One.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
Jean Paul Gaultier.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
The original Agent Provocateur scent.

Favorite comfort smells?
Plant and flower shops.

What did your home growing up smell like?
Fresh laundry with a hint of the outdoors from being dried on the clothesline, my dad’s cooking!

What’s your sign?
Aries.

What’s your name?
Hanna Chang.

Hometown?
Silver Springs, MD.

What do you do for a living?
Interior Designer.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
The ones that vibe with me throughout the day.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
CK One Ads.

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
Men’s fragrances - Polo, Aqua Di Gio, Cool Water.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
Issey Miyake, Moschino Cheap & Chic.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
Coco Mademoiselle by Chanel.

Favorite comfort smells?
Suede, Johnson & Johnson baby products, puppies.

What did your home growing up smell like?
Fireplaces and kimchee.

What’s your sign?
Virgo.

What’s your name?
Amber Bravo.

Hometown?

Acton, MA.

What do you do for a living?
Writer / Editor / Creative Dictator.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
Earthy florals, rose.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
My mother, Channel No. 5.

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
The “fuzzy peach”-scented roll-on from The Body Shop.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
None.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
…More like 23, but Do Son by Diptyque.

Favorite comfort smells?
Soil, campfires, rose.

What did your home growing up smell like?
Sawdust (my dad is a carpenter), lemon-scented Pinesol and dogs.   

What’s your sign?
Triple (!) Virgo.

What’s your name?
Krissie Garland.

Hometown?
Spring Valley, NY / Cape May, NJ.

What do you do for a living?
I’m a creative director.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
I think I like masculine scents. Maybe kinda musky and sexy. 

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
The smell of my Strawberry Shortcake doll. I think it’s part of why she was also my imaginary friend…

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
Sunflowers by Elizabeth Arden and Jovan White Musk by the drug store.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
Polo Sport allllll DAY!

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
I had a drug store resurgence and tried to make Malibu Musk a thing. It didn’t work and was kinda gross. I thin I just wore Nautica Baby Powder after that.

Favorite comfort smells?
Fresh pastries.

What did your home growing up smell like?
Pancakes.
    
What’s your sign?
Aries. Fire all the way.

What’s your name?
Nurit Yeshurun.

Hometown?
Holon, Israel.

What do you do for a living?
Design men’s clothing for Converse. My blog, It’s Bossy.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
Clean and floral.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
Smelling each of my grandma’s perfume testers and hating all of them.

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
Bath and Body Works Cucumber Melon lotion, ha.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
Estée Lauder Pleasures…. yeesh.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
Issey Miyaki.

Favorite comfort smells?
My boyfriend, Eli Quinters.

What did your home growing up smell like?
Middle eastern food.

What’s your sign?
Scorpio!

What’s your name? 
Amy Temple.

Hometown? 
Tallahassee, FL.

What do you do for a living? 
Burleque performer / actor.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for? 
Warm, vintage, opulent.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume? 
My Mother was very allergic to the smell of perfume. Because of that, I was taught that it was something a) I couldn’t have b) disrespectful to wear.  As a young girl, however, I envied the women in the classic movies I would watch, spritzing themselves from gorgeous vintage bottles.  It seemed very glamorous, and I couldn’t wait to be old enough to do it.   

What perfume did you wear at age 13? 
Sun-Ripened Raspberry body spray from Bath and Body Works!

What perfume did you wear at age 16? 
Ralph Lauren Romance.

What perfume did you wear at age 22? 
A perfume from the gift shop at The Moulin Rouge.  

Favorite comfort smells? 
Lavender.

What did your home growing up smell like? 
Mac-N-Cheese, corduroy couches, and sunshine. 

What’s your sign? 
Libra.

What’s your name?   
Eva Tuerbl.

Hometown?
Schondra, an 800-person village in Bavaria, Germany.

What do you do for a living?
I am a photographer.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
I like light and citrus-y and I love men’s perfumes.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
My Grandma, she had those tiny bottles of ‘Koellnisch Wasser’ she would give to me. It’s a typical grandma scent but I’ve always loved the bottles and still have one.

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
Jil Sander Sun.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
I had a brief period of CK1 but I stayed true to Sun for a long time.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
Gucci Rush.

Favorite comfort smells?
Coffee, the smell of baking and fresh cut grass and the smell after rain.

What did your home growing up smell like?
We had a big, wild garden. My home smelled like nature and flowers mixed with a lot of home cooking and baking.
   
What’s your sign?
Capricorn.

What’s your name?
Mae Elvis Kaufman.

Hometown?
Santa Monica, CA.

What do you do for a living?
Professional smart ass and store manager.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
Earthy on other people, clean and a lil’ flowery on me.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
My mom’s wide collection of Jean Paul Gautier bust perfume bottles. So amazing. Or my dad’s aftershave - a mixture of orange peels and sandalwood.  

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
None.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
Does deodorant count? I did not become a refined lady until I was 18.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
Marc Jacobs.

Favorite comfort smells?
Bread, fresh cut wood, wet soil, basil.

What did your home growing up smell like?
Honeysuckle, Jasmine, the sea, and wood chips for our rabbits!

What’s your sign?
Leo.

What’s your name?
Sue Lee.

Hometown?
Acton, Massachusetts.

What do you do for a living?
Exec Producer of Design at The Mill.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
My mom’s Estee Lauder Youth Dew. I thought it was so sophisticated, and that one day I would be grown up enough to bath in it.

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
Ivory soap mixed with peanut butter and a dab of jelly.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
Body Shop was a place I was allowed to shop freely so my Korean parents didn’t think I was trying to grow up before my time. I would take advantage of the store and mix, match and be creative.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
Calyx by Prescriptives.

What’s your favorite comfort smell?
My mom’s favorite past time is gardening, so every window in our house had either plants or flowers glowing in the sunlight. That left our house always smelling of different flora, but the most distinct smell was gardenias mixed with geranium and freshly watered soil.

What did your home growing up smell like?
Freshly washed laundry that’s been air dried in the open field. I don’t think my mom ever used the dryer.

What’s your sign?
Sweet Sweet Sagittarius.

What’s your name?
Hally Erickson.

Hometown?
Fort Myers, FL and Aransas Pass, TX.

What do you do for a living?
Artist assistant, co-buyer/co-owner of Total Pleasure Vintage.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
Bright citrus smells. Grapefruit!

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
Mixing it with water and drinking it. Getting in trouble.  

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
Body Shop Freesia, CK1, Abercrombie & Fitch.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
Armani Exchange.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
Ghost.

Favorite comfort smells?
Chicken and dumplings, ocean smell.

What did your home growing up smell like?
The ocean.

What’s your sign?
Aquarius.

What’s your name?
Chantel Valentene.

Hometown?
Brooklyn, New York.

What do you do for a living?
Creative Director / Designer for Paper Denim & Cloth.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
Easy, simple notes.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
My mom having a vanity table filled with different perfumes, and sneaking to try them on when she wasn’t looking.

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
Dior Poison, taken from my mom.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
Donna Karan, Cashmere Mist.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
Divin’Enfant by Etat Libre D’Orange.

Favorite comfort smells?
My mom baking and making breakfast on a Saturday morning. The house would smell sweet, filled with the scent of coconut bread in the oven.

What did your home growing up smell like?
Cooking and Baking. Always cakes and breads being baked. Vanilla and Almond Essence.

What’s your sign?
Gemini.

What’s your name?
Elizabeth Dilk.

Hometown?
Bethesda, MD.

What do you do for a living?
Art Director / Designer.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
Musky? Masculine? Muskuline?

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
A bunch of Elizabeth Taylor perfumes on my mom’s dresser.

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
Mall perfumes, like little $5 ones from the Gap. Also I wore Tommy Girl like every other gal on the planet my age.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
I don’t think I had moved on from Tommy Girl or Gap Dream yet.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
Perfume hiatus in college.

Favorite comfort smells?
I really like my boyfriend’s cologne. Also, freshly cut grass and garlic being cooked. 

What did your home growing up smell like?
Occasionally home cooked meals, and my sweet dog Sparky.

What’s your sign?
Sagittarius.

What’s your name?
Manjari Doxey.

Hometown?
San Diego, CA. Actually, since I grew up on a boat, the Pacific Ocean might be my hometown.

What do you do for a living?
Writer. Department Assistant for C. Wonder and Monika Chiang Brands.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
Fruity and tropical. Anything that smells like summer.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
My aunt’s overpowering bomb cloud of scent - it was musky, mature, and quintessentially 80s. 

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
I wore this Vanilla body mist that I believe was made by the very sophisticated brand “Lip Smackers”. It smelled like cotton candy made from meth.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
By the age of 16 I was going for a more sophisticated body spray called “Vanilla Fantasy”.  This had fairies on the plastic cap. 

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
Escada, Pacific Paradise.

Favorite comfort smells?
The smell of my cat’s fur. The smell of a boyfriend’s shirt.

What did your home growing up smell like?
Weed. Incense. Conspiracy theories. Sage to keep the negative vibes away.

What’s your sign?
Cancer. But I have always found this to be suspect.

What’s your name?
Christelle de Castro.

Hometown?
Pittsburg, CA.

What do you do for a living?
Photographer, Filmmaker, Art Director.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
Musky, earthy, masculine scents.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
Johnson’s baby cologne! My mama used to slap that shit on my baby ass! I STILL love it!

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
CK1 as well as an array of gnarly (probably highly toxic) Bath & Body works stuff.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
This BCBG perfume that was gifted to me. It was all I had, so I wore it.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
I’m pretty sure I was scentless at age 22 (as well as bra-less). My have things changed.

Favorite comfort smells?
Earthy stuff, musks, fresh laundry, clean skin.

What did your home growing up smell like?
Potpourri, Pledge, Windex, Tide, with interludes of Filipino cooking.

What’s your sign?
Cancer.

What’s your name?
Emily Wooten Van Dyne.

Hometown?
Arlington, VA.

What do you do for a living?
Currently in school full-time; I’m studying literature and political science/women and gender studies.

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
I’m drawn to fragrances that draw YOU in. Warm scents that make you want to get up close to the skin that’s wearing it.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
When I was little—maybe around 4 or 5—I used to make “perfume” for my mother out of smushed up flowers, seeds and vanilla extract. She was sweet to wear it from time to time and so that was her day scent, I guess. At night when she went out with my father she wore Opium, by YSL.

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
Nothing really, unless Suave coconut shampoo counts.

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
Versace Woman, Stella McCartney.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
White Patchouli by Tom Ford.

Favorite comfort smells?
Burning wood, wet pavement.

What did your home growing up smell like?
House smells are so hard to describe! Best try: dust and the dog and sunlight and mac and cheese.

What’s your sign?
Cancer, with moon in Libra.