Smell Words
A little book for curious noses, available now for holiday gifting.
An unusual gift for perfume lovers, writers, and the scent-curious. Smell Words gathers 384 evocative terms for describing the elusive world of scent. Each copy includes three scent strips misted with limited-edition perfumes.
A pocket-sized invitation to smell, imagine, and discover.
Featured in Nez: The Olfactory Magazine, No. 21, “The Smell of the Future.”
Vanitas: Perfume and the Spectre of Death
NEW RELEASE
Vanitas: Perfume and the Spectre of Death is a meditation on perfume, mortality, and the limited time we have to enjoy beautiful things. Moving between the treasured bottle, the ripening peach, and the traditional symbols of Vanitas painting, Aubrey Gurtovenko considers the impulse to preserve what is precious.
Ships by end of 2026.
Smell Words Édition Française
NEW RELEASE
A first edition of 100, adapted into French by Carole Planche. Inside: 384 French words for scent — borrowed from touch, taste, sound, and light. Includes three scent strips misted with limited edition perfumes.
Ships by end of 2026.
From the Fragrant Library
Ex Libris Odoratis is an ongoing collection of chapbooks, zines, and ephemera devoted to our sense of smell, created by Aubrey Gurtovenko and Noele Lusano.
From the Fragrant Library
Inspired by classic ex libris bookplates, Ex Libris Odoratis takes its name from the Latin for “from the fragrant library.” Created for curious noses, our limited-edition publications celebrate craft, intention, and imagination.