Vol. I · No. 01MMXXVI · Freetown

Maison ScentSL · Édition d'Hiver

The scentof a seasonkept on paper.

Each fragrance is composed slowly, by hand, in our atelier in Freetown — small batches, raw materials sourced near home, formulas archived in the back room like letters.

Top

Bergamot · Cardamom

Heart

Rose · Jasmine

Base

Oud · Vetiver

Creed Aventus luxury fragrance bottle
Formula · 00012-S
OudAmberVetiverJasmineSandalwoodMuskBergamotCardamomIrisTobaccoCedarSaffronOudAmberVetiverJasmineSandalwoodMuskBergamotCardamomIrisTobaccoCedarSaffron

— A note from the maison —

“Smell is a word. Perfume, a literature — a way of keeping the unkeepable.”
Sékou Bangura · founding perfumer
Libre | YSL

Plate III — atelier, Freetown, 04:38

The Atelier

Composed in small chapters, never in seasons.

Every formula begins at the back room — a wooden table, a stack of fiches d'accords, and a window kept open to the sea air.

We bottle in editions, not collections. When a chapter is gone, it's closed; the formula is signed and archived. A perfume is a kept moment.

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