Traveling Atelier – Private Perfume Creation Sessions
A new way to experience perfume
The Traveling Atelier is a live, one on one, 90 minute experience where your story, your skin, your energy, and my craft come together to create a perfume that could only belong to you.
This is not a fragrance counter. This is not a quick pick from a shelf. This is a guided ritual that treats scent as art, identity, and transformation.
What is the Traveling Atelier
The Traveling Atelier is a portable, theatrical perfume studio that appears in carefully chosen spaces around the world. For a short time, an ordinary room becomes a world of light, sound, and scent, designed around a single purpose. You.
Inside this world, we slow time, listen closely, and build a custom perfume that reflects the version of you that is ready to step forward next.
Your session is private. Your formula is created in real time, and at the end of the session you will leave with the early materials of your perfume, while the final fragrance continues its development.
How this is different from anything you have experienced
Most perfume experiences focus on choosing something pre-made. The Traveling Atelier focuses on creating something that has never existed before.
One on one, fully focused
You are the only client in the room. Every detail is tuned to your presence, your preferences, and your story.
Ritual, not routine
The session follows a three act structure that uses light, music score, silence, and carefully timed reveals to open you up emotionally and creatively. This deepens how you connect with scent.
Conversation as a creative ingredient
What you say, what you remember, what you hesitate to express, all become part of the formulation. Your language and emotional reactions guide the blend.
Your skin as part of the formula
Blends are tested on your skin, not only on blotters. The final structure is shaped by how notes behave on your body over time.
Designed to be transformative
The goal is not only something that smells good. The goal is to create a scent that supports the way you want to feel, show up, and move in your life after you leave the Atelier.
Inside your 90 minute session
Every session is structured as a three act experience.
Act I – Arrival and Discovery
- You arrive at the Atelier and step into a space prepared only for you.
- We ground your intention and talk through how you want your perfume to make you feel.
- You smell a curated selection of notes and accords without labels. Emotion leads first, not the ingredient list.
Act II – Blending and Dialogue
- We build your core accord, guided by your reactions and responses.
- Conversation and scent work together. Memory, desires, fears, and future plans all influence the composition.
- The formula is adjusted on skin in real time. We refine slowly, catching every subtle reaction.
Act III – Naming, Label Selection, and Release
- Once the sketch blend feels right, we arrive at a name that matches the energy of the perfume and the person you are becoming.
- We select or design the label aesthetic that will be used on your final bottle.
- You leave with blotters of the accords we created and a few milliliters of your sketch blend to begin experiencing at home.
- The final perfume is then refined, matured, bottled, and labeled over the following 30 days and delivered to you when complete.
The ingredients, and why they matter
The Traveling Atelier uses a mix of high quality naturals and carefully chosen aroma molecules to shape emotional and sensory effects.
Certain woods and musks can create calm, grounded presence. Bright citruses can lift mood and sharpen focus. Florals can communicate softness, sensuality, or quiet authority. Resins, ambers, and deeper notes can add mystery, intimacy, or power.
During your session, we talk about how different notes feel on your body and in your energy. The final blend continues to develop even after the session, allowing the ingredients to settle into their long form expression.
By the time your final bottle arrives 30 days later, the perfume is fully matured, harmonized, and ready to be worn with intention.
Why a one on one session is more powerful
A one on one session gives us enough space and intimacy to do what a crowded shop or quick consultation cannot.
- We can listen to subtle reactions, not just big yes or no responses.
- We can follow unexpected threads in the conversation that reveal deeper desires.
- We can test how a note feels ten minutes later, not only in the first few seconds.
- We can adjust, refine, and correct in real time before the sketch blend is completed.
The session becomes a collaboration. You are not a customer selecting from a menu. You are a co creator of a perfume that carries your emotional print.
Who this experience is for
The Traveling Atelier is for you if:
- You want a signature scent that does not exist on anyone else.
- You want a deeper relationship with perfume and your own senses.
- You feel ready to evolve how you present yourself and want a scent that reflects that growth.
- You value detail, artistry, and intimacy more than fast decisions and mass trends.
You do not need to be an expert in fragrance. You only need to be curious and open to exploring how scent interacts with emotion and identity.
Atlanta – March 13, 14, and 15
The Traveling Atelier will open in Atlanta for a limited set of 90 minute sessions on:
- Friday, March 13
- Saturday, March 14
- Sunday, March 15
Sessions are by appointment only. Space is intentionally limited in order to preserve the intimacy and quality of each experience.
Stay close to the Atelier
If you are not ready to book a session yet, or if you want early access to future cities and dates, you can join the priority list.
Reserve your Atlanta session
If you already know you want to create your perfume inside the Traveling Atelier, you can reserve a 90 minute session for March 13, 14, or 15.
Before booking, use the link below to complete a short quiz which will identify your scent 'archetype'. I'll use this as the starting point for our scent crafting.
After booking, you will receive session details and a pre-session note. On the day of your appointment, you simply arrive, step through the Atelier door, and begin the experience.
Begin Your Scent Archetype Quiz