An itinerary · 5 stops
Paris, in autumn
Five scents for the slow turn toward October.
“I walk the same route every October — the 6th, the Seine, the bookshop on rue du Bac. These are the scents I wear, in order, across a single week.”
Stop 02 / 05
Tuesday · Café de Flore
Chanel No. 5
Chanel · 1921
“An office day, but make it classic. No. 5 is armor.”
Stop 03 / 05
Wednesday · Seine at dusk
Gypsy Water
Byredo · 2008
“Cold wind off the water. Something soft, woody, close-to-skin.”
Stop 05 / 05
Sunday · Walk home, late
Baccarat Rouge 540
Maison Francis Kurkdjian · 2015
“The finale. Rain on cedar. The saffron in the dark.”