Artist's Statement

Fragrance is characterized by its inaccessibility. We can't share it online. Our language for it is inadequate. Being limited to general terms and analogies to other scents, descriptions offer only a veiled conveyance of what a smell really smells like. It's hard to understand without experiencing for yourself. Therein lies the appeal of fragrance as art. A scent's true nature is a secret outside the charmed vale of those who have personally experienced it. And even then it is ephemeral, difficult to relive once the bottle is empty. Fragrances are known - or remembered - only in their communities. Like a lost book from ancient times, everyone else must settle for commentaries. This affords a certain freedom. One may sail ignoring the winds prevailing elsewhere. Much that matters and is good is like this.