Vietnam’s scent reference
You don’t remember what
your grandmother’s kitchen looked like.
You remember how it smelled. Every stage of a life leaves a scent behind, and that scent keeps the stage for you — intact, even the parts you thought you had forgotten. We read scent in numbers, so you know what you are holding.
A dictionary of the smells of Vietnam
148 smells from everyday life in Vietnam — pomelo peel squeezed at the market, jasmine picked at night, the lotus “rice” that scents West Lake tea. Every entry starts with something you can go and smell tonight, then tells you what to notice, why it is hard, and what is behind it chemically.
Every oil has a page of its own
Each page gives the botanical name, the part of the plant that is distilled or pressed, and how it is extracted. Some species give two quite different oils from the same plant, and for those the page also names the chemotype. No lot has been published yet. When one is, its GC/MS analysis goes up unedited, and the lot number printed on the bottle is how you trace it back.
What we make
Essential oils first, then scented candles, room sprays, wax melts and perfume. Every item is tied to a lot, and every group publishes the evidence that matters for it — the analysis of the oil, the fragrance load in the wax, the allergens that have to be declared.
Before you use an oil
These pages are not meant to be read in one go. They are there for when you need to check a dilution, a word, or a warning.