Most fragrances nowadays are designed to stay on people's shelves forever, but that is not the idea behind D&Scent Studio. I want to create fragrances that feel connected to a specific season, place, or moment in time. Fragrances that could be experienced and passed to the archive. I don't want to create a collection that grows endlessly, I wanted each release to have its own story.

D&Scent Studio began with a fragrance that I made for myself. At the time, I wasn’t trying to start a business, I really just wanted to create something I couldn’t find elsewhere. This started as a hobby but it quickly grew into an obsession. I spent countless hours learning perfumery, experimenting with materials, and refining ideas until they felt right.

Later on, I created a fragrance for my girlfriend Darcy. Seeing how she instantly connected with the fragrance changed the way I thought about scent. Fragrance wasn’t just about how something smelled, I realized that it can be tied to memory, emotion, and the stories people create with it.

So now, every D&Scent Studio fragrance is created around a season. Each release remains in the collection for approximately fifteen months before entering the archive. Each fragrance is tied to a moment in time, and when that chapter comes to an end, it becomes part of the brand’s story.

D&Scent’s goal is not to create as many fragrances as possible. It is to create fragrances that feel personal, intentional, and real, something that is worth remembering.

— Spencer, Founder