About Fans of Scents

Every place on earth has its own scent. I’m here to find them all.

Hi, I’m Elena — mom of three girls, and someone who’s been obsessed with fragrance since before I could pronounce the word.

I was six when I knocked over my mother’s bottle of Lancôme. It shattered on the floor, and instead of crying, I just stood there breathing it in. For days, the whole room smelled like her — like something magical. That’s the moment perfume found me, and it never let go.

For the past six years, I’ve built my life around scent — living and learning across Eastern Europe, Dubai, Spain, and now North Carolina. Every place taught me something different about fragrance, about people, and about what it means to feel at home in a smell.

When I arrived in America, one thing struck me: how alive this country is. Every state has its own light, its own energy, its own character. And I thought — every one of these places deserves its own fragrance. So I started writing. Not with words, but with scent.

“Perfume is the one thing that can take you somewhere else in an instant. Every city, every country, every memory — it has a scent.”

Chapter One: The United States
Eight states. Eight moods. Eight fragrances — the first chapter of something much bigger.

More cities, more countries are already on their way. Dubai, Barcelona, Paris — every place I’ve loved will have its scent one day. This is just page one, and I’m so glad you’re here for it.

Want to follow the journey — the founder story, the road to each new scent, life between three countries and three daughters? I share it all on Instagram/TikTok @elena.in.america.

— Elena, Founder · Fans of Scents