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The Skinny Radical Perfumery: The UK s first scent library A Library of Olfactive Material in Glasgow is a beautifully designed open access resource for scent education, experience and experimentation – we meet its Director, Clara Weale Article by Stacey Hunter | 15 Feb 2021 We want to know more about where the concept for the Library came from – the UK’s first – and to introduce you to Clara Weale’s new perfume brand Early Modern. As this month s theme is human connections, we begin by asking Weale about the relationship we can have with scent. “Perfume is such an incredible expression of humanity. The act of scenting yourself is so ancient, so ingrained across the world and so innate. Scent is communication, conscious and unconscious. The majority of us have grown up with the belief that fragrance is made by gifted people with superior noses, who are born into it. That these people tend to be white French men is no coincidence. Perfume is marketed and sold to us in a way which upholds this myth and image and the perfume industry protects itself by limiting access to knowledge and materials. It’s super insecure, basically. And so for most people, even those who would say that they have ‘always wanted to make a perfume’ the idea of seeking out the opportunity to be creative with scent just isn’t on the table and so it isn’t sought out.