Curated by Eric Yao, Music Curator & Emotional Designer
“Let the music linger on your skin.”
Music vanishes the moment it’s played, yet somehow, it stays with us. A melody once heard becomes memory; a chord progression can stir grief or joy years later. At Scented Pages Workshop, we wondered: what if we could bottle that afterglow? Not the music itself, but its emotional imprint.
As the curator of the Music Series, I’ve selected six timeless compositions across genres and centuries, each a world in sound. Then, with our perfumers, we translated those sonic textures into aromatic architecture. These fragrances do not merely borrow inspiration - they embody rhythm, harmony, tension, and release.
Each bottle is a reverberation. An encore. A way to let the music linger on your skin.
1. Joy
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 “Ode to Joy” (1824)
Fragrance Name: Joy
“A chorus of light in a world reborn.”
There is a moment in Beethoven’s Ninth where everything opens—voices rise in unity, and even the cynic is undone. Joy captures that moment, that rising ecstasy. The top sings with Sweet Orange, Bergamot, and Pink Grapefruit, like brass announcing dawn. The heart is built on Rose, White Champa, and Cardamom, lifted by Sweet Marjoram—a floral orchestration both regal and radiant.
In the base: Cypress, Guaiacwood, Frankincense, Sandalwood, and Myrrh ground the elation in something sacred. This scent doesn’t merely imitate joy—it earns it. It is Beethoven’s fire, perfumed.
2. Pure
Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne No. 9 (1830)
Fragrance Name: Pure
“Moonlight, restrained. Feeling, undisturbed.”
Chopin whispered what others shouted. Pure is that whisper—a perfume of restraint, grace, and unspoken ache. Opening with Sweet Orange, Neroli, Bergamot, and Grapefruit, the scent glimmers softly, like dew catching candlelight.
Its heart is a night garden: Blue Lotus, Jasmine, Lavender, Lemongrass, and a breath of Rose. These notes do not scream; they linger. The base of Cypress, Copaiba, Oakmoss, Sandalwood, and Vetiver offers a subtle pulse—like the quiet left after the final note has faded. Pure is for those who listen between the lines.
3. Nice
Louis Armstrong – What a Wonderful World (1967)
Fragrance Name: Nice
“The scent of gratitude, in lemon light.”
Few voices ever held so much soul in such stillness. Nice begins with that same warmth - Sweet Orange, Lemon, Pink Grapefruit, Petitgrain - a citrus sunrise across a hopeful sky. Its middle is a gentle, jazzy walk through Lemongrass, Lavender, White Champa, Jasmine, and Bergamot, each note a step in Armstrong’s timeless phrasing.
The base, Frankincense, Sandalwood, Patchouli, Cedarwood, anchors the joy in reflection. This scent isn’t about escape; it’s about presence. It reminds us, in Armstrong’s words: “I think to myself… what a wonderful world.”
4. Something
The Beatles (George Harrison) – “Something” from Abbey Road (1969)
Fragrance Name: Something
“Between silence and song lives wonder.”
George Harrison’s “Something” is a confession you sing under your breath. Something, the fragrance, begins in that space of reverence, with Bergamot, Sweet Orange, and Petitgrain, it hints at the unsayable.
Its heart is a garden of nuance: Jasmine, Heirloom Rose, Lavender, Blue Lotus, and Clary Sage—like five strings vibrating in harmony. Beneath, Vanilla, Frankincense, and Sandalwood cradle the melody in warmth.
Something doesn’t shout, it leans in. It’s the scent of mystery you don’t want solved, of love you don’t quite understand and don’t need to.
5. Bohemian
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (1975)
Fragrance Name: Bohemian
“A riot of scent. A rock opera in a bottle.”
How do you scent a song that doesn’t follow rules? With defiance. With contradiction. Bohemian opens with Pink Grapefruit, Lime, and Fragonia—electric, strange, addictive. The heart is wild: Rosemary, Eucalyptus, Ylang Ylang, Chamomile. It is chaos and clarity in duet.
Its base - Vetiver, Black Pepper, Frankincense, Cypress, Guaiacwood - smells like thunder rolling through velvet. This is not a background perfume. It is a performance. A theatrical, unapologetic scent for those who were never meant to blend in. Is it fantasy? Is it real life? Yes.
6. Age
Kendrick Lamar – Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (2012)
Fragrance Name: Age
“Raw truth in rhythm, rising from concrete.”
Some stories don’t fade—they burn. Age opens with Litsea, Petitgrain, and Grapefruit— green, sharp, alive. It smells like motion, like headlights cutting fog. The heart hits deeper: Lemongrass, Eucalyptus, Ylang Ylang, Jasmine, Clary Sage—layers of tenderness folded into grit.
The base beats with Black Pepper, Patchouli, Cedarwood, Oakmoss, and Vetiver—textured, soulful, unforgettable. This is not nostalgia; it is a mirror. Age is for those who survived the verse and are writing the chorus.
Postlude
This collection is not about wearing a song—it’s about reliving it, reinterpreting it, and breathing it anew. Music is made of vibrations. So is scent. Between them lies emotion, memory, and a profound human truth.
At Scented Pages Workshop, we invite you to explore this resonance. Let these fragrances score your days. Let them replay what words cannot say. And above all, let the music linger - not in your ears, but on your skin.
– Eric Yao,
Music Curator & Emotional Designer, Scented Pages Workshop
