Nostalgia is so important – like, the back of my phone is me as a kid. Because I get to moving very quickly now as an adult and I just kind of want to be able to channel that [feeling of childhood] as much as possible now and be able to give that back to anybody who’s willing to take it. I think we all do deserve to find that inner child again.
Smells can be so powerful in bringing us back to specific times in our lives. Do you have a first scent memory?
A cardamom tea that my grandma used to make. And then also – I feel like it’s the barn. It’s really bad, but like, literally horse poop. I think as a child, it was really the smells of nature.
There was also a certain fragrance that my mom used to wear when I was young, before she got sick and stopped wearing perfume. And I do always go back to that scent. I’d be curious now to go see what those ingredients were and see how they come back in what I’m doing now.
Is there a smell that instantly reminds you of home?
I think it’s definitely a combination of lavender, lemon balm and jasmine. And I think, to be honest, the smell of home is hugging my mom. She smells like home.
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Could you take us through your perfect day in smells?
I would wake up lying by glass windows just a little bit open. You can hear the ocean, and there’s a swift smell of salt water in the wind. I would hope that I could just stay in bed all day and these spells could just slowly come through my window.
Also I’d love to just walk through a garden. There’s something so beautiful about a beautifully done garden. I imagine old white seats in little nooks and crannies. Just sitting under a tree and smelling these different smells of the different flowers would be amazing.
Then I would walk past a coffee shop. Hopefully they’re making great coffee so it smells delicious right out the window. And oh, and I would walk past the gelato shop, too, because any place that is making fresh waffle cones, I’ll probably end up stopping by. That’s a nostalgic smell for me, too. If I could make a waffle cone fragrance, I would – I don’t know if anybody would buy it, but I definitely would try! And then I would probably go to sleep with the smell of a pizza box on my legs while I’m in bed and a candle that is lit. A Window2Soul candle. That’s what I would go to sleep to every night.
What’s a smell that can instantly calm you down if you feel stressed?
Honestly, lavender. It’s super generic, but it really, actually helps me a lot. Or peppermint helps me.
If your friends and family could describe you in a smell, what do you think it would be?
Probably Window2Soul. But, you know, it’s funny, I’m all of them. I’m Window2Soul, I’m Nightcap, I’m Blooming Fire and Salted Muse. And now Eternal Roots. I’m a combination of all of them together. Because in theory, all of our Ôrebella scents are different parts of my personality. Salted Muse and Nightcap are my stabilising rocks [that represent] the work ethic girl. And then Window2Soul and Blooming Fire are my whimsical side.
