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Event: Keynote Speaker at Fragrance Festival Malaysia 2026
If you’ve been watching the custom Elementor countdown widget ticking down on my homepage, you know exactly what is happening on October 2nd. I am beyond thrilled to announce that I will be speaking at Fragrance Festival Malaysia 2026! Taking place from October 2 to 4 at the Pavilion Exhibition Centre in Bukit Jalil, this…
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The Scent Diary: Tracking Olfactory Memories and Molecular Ghosts
Most people keep a diary to remember what they did. I keep one to remember what I smelled. If you were to open my physical journal, you wouldn’t just find standard entries about my day or my work. Instead, the margins are filled with scribbled molecular formulas, evaporation timelines, and hyper-specific notes about the humidity…
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Escaping Extinction: Why Your “Sandalwood” is Actually Javanol (And Why That’s a Good Thing)
Let’s talk about the elephant in the perfume industry: Mysore Sandalwood. For centuries, this creamy, rich, and deeply spiritual wood was the backbone of oriental perfumery. But decades of aggressive overharvesting pushed the Santalum album tree to the brink of extinction. Today, ethically sourced natural sandalwood is rare and astronomically expensive. So, if you just…
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Monsoon Season & The Chemistry of Petrichor: Reviewing ‘Hujan’
If you live in Malaysia, you know the exact smell I’m talking about. The sky turns the color of a bruised plum, the wind picks up, and right before the first drop hits the asphalt, the air smells… green. Earthy. Alive. That smell is petrichor, and chemically, it is primarily driven by a fascinating compound…
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A Chemist’s Take: Decoding the Molecular Magic of “Oud & Isotopes”
Welcome back to the lab (and by lab, I mean my vanity table). Today, we are looking at a fragrance that has been making waves in the niche community: Oud & Isotopes by the indie house Maison Chimique. As someone who spends half her life looking at molecular structures and the other half smelling paper…