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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

The stormy weather today is reminding us of our perfume Happy Trails. Inspired by rainy day hikes when we lived in Seattle 🌲

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Can you guess what we're tincturing? We've been enamored with the idea of exploring the aromatics of fermentation. A culinary and medicinal staple in so many cultures, the scent palate is *immense* but underused. #perfumesky #perfumery

A photo in dark lighting that shows gold capped jars holding a thick tincture.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Whenever you come back, just know this is how fast Ill be buying tickets 😌

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Pepper materials evaluation with our friends at D.Grayi. One of these is 500k scovilles & two of us found out the spicy way 🥵 #perfumesky #perfumery

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

"Death and Other Joys," the perfume we drafted in tandem during our 6 hr residency with Craft Contemporary and IAO is balanced on the connective tissue between grief and joy. Death is real, loss is real, and joy becomes sharper by contrast. #perfumesky #perfume

A Taiwanese person on the left and a Black person on the right both wearing N95 masks, all black outfits, their hands lightly touching. They are standing against a white wall with a ghostly image and jar containing ceramic beads soaked in perfume.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Reading "Blindsight" by Peter Watts and the foreword by Elizabeth Bear has been on my mind as we see pple succumb to cold indifference as protection from grief and feeling helpless. #booksky

A kobo reader in dark mode with a black case and white text on the screen and a fuzzy gray blanket underneath.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Hihi Perfume lovers! We're setting up a fundraiser raffle to support street vendors being targeted by ICE here in LA! All we need are your unused/gently used perfumes to create prize bundles for raffle winners! DM if youd like to contribute 🫶 #perfumesky #perfume #sotd

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Chasing dopamine by learning heritage crafts! Made a pillow case yesterday 🥳

Image of a 16x16 pillow inside a blush pink fabric with peonies and greenery framed in ovals.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Last night @fumfragrances.bsky.social was announced as a finalist for the Art and Olfaction awards for her perfume, The Space Between!!!CONGRATULATIONS, MISS LAYLA 🎊🙌🤌 #perfumesky #fragrancesky

A square perfume bottle, black top, with bold text that says Art For Your Nose. In the upper right corner is an elaborate seal that reads FINALIST, Art and Olfaction Awards.

Image of a caption that reads: A round of applause for Miss Layla, the sparkling nose behind FUM Fragrances!! 🎉🎉🎉🤌 Miss Layla is no longer on IG but you can catch her on Bluesky (@fum fragrances. bluesky. social).

Her award finalist perfume, The Space Between, embodies the slow practice of perfumery. Highlighting sustainably harvested copal resin from Puebla, Mexico that's then hand ground using a cured lava mocajete, tinctured for 9 months, filtered, and aged for an additional 3 months.

At the @artandolfaction finalists announcement we had the opportunity to enjoy a part of Miss Layla's artistry in this perfume - the base! A soft, mineral warmth that didn't feel quite earthbound and an elusive sweetness that I couldn't pin down at the time. I kept coming back to it, because it was playing at the edges of some of my favorite scent profiles! We would love the opportunity to smell The Space Between fresh when we can experience the full story (and when it's back in stock. CONGRATS 🎊🎊🙌)!!! For now though, you can haunt her very pretty site and make your wishlist ✨️
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A cutie with light skin, a wide brimmed hat, curly brown hair and denim blue outfit leaning on a steel table in front of a row of perfume samples.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

This material would be great for recreating a full guava scent experience - tree, skin, and pulp. #perfumery #perfumesky #fragrance #materialoftheday

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

I guess I'm wearing different pants today 🥹

Image of the cutest calico sleeping on a pair of blue jeans on a bed covered with sage colored sheets.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Your future self smells intriguing 🍅 #perfumesky #sotd #fragrance samarpitcrew.com

A screencap of a web page with the words The Scentuary and Genderful perfumes for curious noses.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

We're perfumers btw! Curious noses come to us when they want to smell like tomato leaves, dirt, tea, (un)hallowed grounds, a speakeasy or a freshly split open mandarin orange #perfumesky #fragrancesky #sotd

Semi- transparent Image of a hand and a tea pot pouring tea into a tea cup with the words: Do you smell that? We Reopen tomorrow

A cardboard box with 15 mini perfumes set against the backdrop of a book shelf.

A nearly empty box reminds us of the gifts we gave and received in Taiwan and Thailand. Gift giving is our quiet way of saying I see you, I love you, I'm thinking of you. When we gifted perfumes to family in Taiwan a new (old) feeling of giddy enthusiasm and nerves popped up. Like kids roping their adults into show and tell - "Look what we made!" Grove is in the Heart, Golden Hour, Great Lei, and Tea House were standout hits. Debbie's 7 year old cousin doused her stuffed penguin in Beach Berry and over the course of the week made a small ritual of asking family members to smell its belly 😂

We visited several perfume boutiques, smelled our way through their collections, and broke our small bottle rule every time. We brought gifts too - bc how often do we get to share space with fellow indie perfume lovers? We also need to practice squashing the belief that sharing our work irl with shops is presumptuous or inconveniencing. In other contexts, we gift without reservations. Generosity feels good for everyone involved! Let us be generous and receive generosity unselfconsciously! ✨️

Dear reader, we hope you enjoyed witnessing this caption spiral into a self peptalk. Sometimes it be like that 😂🫶

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The staff at Perfumer's World were kind enough to give us uninterrupted time to smell at least 100 materials in their collection! The environment they've built for employees & students is such a cute, whimsical village! Have you smelled any of these? Curious? #perfumery #perfumesky #indieperfume

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Osmanthus Dragon's Beard Candy! The most recent treat to delight us! A fluffy, incomparable texture (not even cotton candy) that melts in our mouth. A slighty crispy peanut sugar center and bitter little osmanthus buds on top. Smells floral, nutty, and similar to shortbread cookies! #perfumesky

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

3 YAYs & a MEH: 1. Found a great farmers market & lots of fun little treats. 2. A nice stranger at the market led us to a booth w the most perfect mandarins (& yes, they did smell like our perfume Grove is in the Heart) #perfumesky 3. A vendor said she knew we were gay bc we look happy 💀 MEH:

Image of grocery shelves with cartons of jumbo eggs (dozens) with the price $14.99

Image of grocery shelves with cartons of cage free eggs (dozens) with the price $16.99

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Can we get a round of applause for Debbie being able to remove several sketchy looking moles for under $100 in Bangkok? One appointment included assessment then treatment in 45 mins 💕

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Got the hot tip from a local that the best way to beat Bangkok traffic (which is arguably worse than LA's) is to travel the city by boat! It's also one of the least expensive ways to get around other than bus! Paid 14 baht or .41 USD to travel five stops!

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Dent alert?? This is the fastest we've gone through a perfume! Less than a month and 1/3 used. "Tea Service" also pairs beautifully with our bug spray which is a win we didn't anticipate 😂

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Bought more toothpaste in Chiang Rai and didn't realize "fragrant" means our toothpaste will taste like jasmine. As a perfumer: delighted! Intrigued! As a person who just wants a clean mouth...mildly disturbed #perfumesky

Image of a dark skinned hand with colorful nails holding a tube of Colgate toothpaste that reads "gentle fragrant mint"

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

I'm not always sweaty on this trip, I swear P.S. don't look at my muddy shoes 😂🫣

A Black person standing in front of a yellow frame arch window. They're wearing a red, multicolored hair wrap and dress over a black top and green pants.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Nothing will remind you that your booty has muscles like the aftermath of a 6 hour hike up a mountain that was 80% uphill & sometimes nearly vertical 😂 & meet the random trail dog that came upon us 25% in & stayed like a lil mascot, occasionally disappearing down gullies & popping up meters away 😭🫶

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Hit it off with this sweetheart, MK, the tastebuds and heart behind Chocolate Culture Club in Chiang Mai! We've got a fun collaboration fermenting 👀🫶

Picture of three people. The person to the left is Black and wearing a white and black patterned shirty over a black jumper. The person in the middle is Asian and wearing a black and white horizontal stripes shirt. The person on the right is Asian and wearing a black floral shirt over a cream top and iridescent pants. Behind them on a clean wall is an artist rendition of the chocolate process using chocolate brown paint.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Our daughter turns 14 this year. Please enjoy glam shots from her sitters while we're away and missing her fiercely 🥹

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Strawbs even cuter when we confirmed they're actually sweet 🤌

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

If your bathtime doesn't look like this, then what you doing? 🙂‍↔️

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Cleansing your feed with absurdity: the national parks are fighting for the award of best public place to hook-up 💀 Cast your votes below ✍️

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Accurate. Spotted in Tainan, Taiwan at a not-McDonalds...but same colors? 🤭

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Lost track of time chatting with new pals & had to sprint through tea fields to catch our bus out of the mountains ⛰️

Two people wearing liangmaos (hakka hats) standing in a tea field together. Person on the left is Black and the person on the right is Asian.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

We ate cute lil treats in a train car turned cafe in Taichung. Fruit purees in coffee are quickly becoming a fave combo 🤤

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Shout out to Chien-Meng Lin at Taigrance for being such a passionate sweetheart & getting our noses onto some new fave perfumes 🥰🫶

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

Girls don't want boys, we want custard apples for life 🤤🫶

Picture of the most glistening, perfect fruit of the day: custard apples. White pods with black seeds peeking through nestled in a bumpy green outer.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

An entire section of a museum all to ourselves? 🙂‍↔️

Image of two smiling people. The person on the left is Black and the person on the right is Taiwanese. Background is pebble pit with a single tree in a raised bed.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Taoyuan and Taipei are so incredibly bustling! My head is constantly on swivel while Debbie laughs at me 😂 We'll be posting more detailed videos about the places we're visiting and our fave yums 🤤

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Went to the Hakka Tea Museum today & didn't realize we were in the children's exhibit. Absolutely killed the escape room challenges designed for elementary school children and won these cute sticker sheets 😂

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

On the emptiest flight of my life. We plebians in economy have more space than first class 😂 7 rows in front of me are completely empty!

Black person in a plane. They have microlocs and are wearing a N95 mask.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

The demise of the egg slut is written 😔

Image of a dozen cage free eggs with a $10.99 price tag.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

CONGRATULATIONS to our Bluesky giveaway riddle winner @cruzxghost.bsky.social 🎊🎊✨️ Enjoy that $100 gift card to D.Grayi! We also heard from a lil birdie that right now Dgrayi orders will include a lil sample of their "Durian" perfume for you to try!

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Our tea collection! Lately these yummy ginger, dates and, longan tea squares!

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Our talented perfumer friends at D.Grayi have finalized a new release and it's STUNNING! If you guess correctly the perfume's primary note based on the clue below, you could win a $100 gift cards to their online store! There will be ONE winner from our Bluesky community. Continue to the clue...

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Having a lot of fun with a perfume note riddle we sent out to our newsletter fam! A correct guess gets you entry into a giveaway for a $100 gift card from one of our favorite perfumers 👀 We'll be opening up entries here and on IG tomorrow!

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Meta changed their policies to no longer fact check & allow hate speech to pander to this administration. Elon...well we know where he is. At this point I'm responding w sources for anyone else interested in this convo since ur more interested in name-calling than substantiated facts 🤷🏿‍♀️

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Wow, pple really made this app sound like a place where we could have respectful & reasonable conversations 😂 I'll leave you with the screenshots below. You have access to the same internet. Take care.

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samar.scent.studio @samarscentstudio.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Feel free to read Trump's executive order in 2020 trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/presidential...

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