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Finding your Scent

From gourmand, to fresh florals, there's a scent for everyone

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Alex Eagle
Feb 18, 2026
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Scent is the most personal thing we choose. More than clothes. More than jewellery. More than how we wear our hair.

You can change your uniform, your silhouette, your colours, but scent feels closer to the self. It sits on the skin. It mixes with you. It lingers long after you’ve left the room.

And I’ve always been fascinated by what draws us to certain smells- and why.

1927 advertisement for Chanel N°5, illustrated by French artist Georges Goursat

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