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The Strategist
How to Make Your Own Perfume (Even If You’re Not a Professional Nose)
Each accord can be worn on its own, but you’re meant to combine them into a more complex scent that’s unique to you. I was impressed by the range, which spans the four fragrance families — woody, floral, amber, and fresh — that make up the foundation of all scents in the perfume world.
T Magazine
Perfumes that Conjure the American Desert
The Los Angeles perfumer Linda Sivrican’s attraction to the desert couldn’t be captured in a single scent. Inspired by her frequent visits to Joshua Tree National Park in California, she launched a full fragrance collection, Saguara Perfumes.
Conde Nast Traveler
In Los Angeles’ Chinatown, a Blend of Old-World Eats and Indie Fashion
WWD
CHINATOWN LA: Where to Shop, Eat and What to See
From Pearl River Deli and Capsule Parfumerie in Central Plaza to the Mandarin Plaza creative hub that's home to Eckhaus Latta, a guide to the indie neighborhood.
Angeleno
Scent Making Workshop at Capsule Parfumerie
Marie Clare
Top connoisseurs in the field share their game-changing finds from the past year.
Shondaland
12 Indie Perfumers That Make Scents
Linda Sivrican takes inspiration from her Southern California surroundings but isn’t hampered by geographical boundaries.
the Strategist
Best Citrus: Squad by Capsule Parfums
Marie Claire
Financial Times
Why Perfumers Are Hitting the Bottle
LA perfumer Capsule Parfums creates genderless fragrances inspired by the city’s social cliques and their signature bar-calls
Paradise
Mother’s Day Gifts That Give Back From Sustainable to Sweet
Toast
Linda Sivrican of Sesame LA - Time to Make
The Los Angeles proprietor of Sesame LA shares a recipe.
Angeleno
5 Questions with Linda Sivrican
The talented founder of Capsule Parfumerie, Sesame LA and soon-to-open Sesame Dinette lets her senses guide the way.
Byrdie
How to Build a Fragrance Collection, According to Perfumers
Du Jour
Enjoy This Famed L.A. Gardener’s Favorite Scents in a Bottle
When perfumer Linda Sivrican and gardener Ron Finley struck up a friendship, she wanted to immerse him in her sensory world.
dore
“Always a spritz of perfume before bed.”
byrdie
From TikTok to the Metaphysical: Your 2021 Wellness Forecast
For 2021, Sivrican plans to expand this category of fine fragrance sanitizers that utilize the power of plant essences. "Going into the New Year, we all need little moments throughout the day to care for ourselves. As people seek out more pleasure, they will welcome paying a little more for utilitarian products that go beyond being just functional."
WWD
Last-Minute Holiday Gift Ideas: Los Angeles-Based Brands
Its Legion scent is inspired by the hidden speakeasies of the city’s downtown. “The fragrance is deliciously dark and boozy, a kind of liqueur laced with sweet aromatic notes of anise, whisky, resins and leather,” said Linda Sivrican, lead perfumer and founder of Capsule Parfumerie.
Cool hunting
Capsule Parfumerie’s High-Concept Approach to Storytelling
For the award-winning yet esoteric concept behind NIMBIS (to capture the scent of falling meteors), Sivrican combined classic notes with futuristic ones. “What will our world look like 30 to 50 years from now, when we have depleted all of our natural resources? What is left is synthetic.”
Uncover LA
LA Store Owners and Protesters React to Demonstrations
“We stand in solidarity with the protesters. More than ever, it's Black lives that need our support the most right now."
The Werk
“I found that [essential oils] had tremendous psycho-emotional healing benefits for me. I would immediately feel calm, grounded, and restored simply by smelling them, because they allowed my mind to release negative emotions.”
Los Angeles Times
Still need hand sanitizer? L.A. perfumers have some for you
“ My fine fragrance blends are specifically made to sanitize and to soothe the mind. I wanted to offer a piece of healing for people,” said Sivrican, founder of Capsule Parfumerie and owner of L.A. store Orris Perfumery on Melrose Ave.
L’Officiel
The Five Best Beauty Stores in LA
“This niche fragrance store features modern, handcrafted fragrance from brands founded or currently based in California, making it one of the best beauty stores for an LA local experience.”
The Strategist
What Actress Kelly McCreary Can’t Live Without
“There’s an Orris shop on Melrose in L.A., and when you walk by, it almost smells like they’re perfuming the entire street.”
C Magazine
8 Beautiful Brands to Infuse Your Home with a Handcrafted California Aesthetic
“…Made-in-L.A., plant essence-based potions (think transportive fragrances like Coyote Mint and Pinyon Pine)”
Los Angeles Times
The L.A. Designer Behind Clare V. Label Introduces a Signature Scent
“There are green notes from France, bright citrus from Italy, and hints of California chaparral,” Vivier said. “I particularly love the California element because [the perfume] is produced locally in Los Angeles.”
Uncover LA
Chic Gifts for Beauty Buffs & Self-Care Junkies
“For the friends and fam who want to keep the holiday spirit alive, [JUNIPERUS] by L.A.-based Fiele Fragrances will remind festive aroma aficionados of a winter wonderland all year round.”
Byrdie
These 14 Scents Are Proven Aphrodisiacs
“One of the most fun things about fragrance is its power to channel desire. But what exactly does desire smell like?”
L’Officiel
L’Officiel Nose: Linda Sivrican of Orris Perfumery
“Linda Sivrican is a master at capturing the essence of a place through fragrance.”
Zoe Report
18 Summer 2019 Fragrances That Don’t Involve the Word “Beach”
“For me, a great fragrance is like a gorgeous red lipstick,” Linda Sivrican, a Los Angeles based perfumer and the founder of Orris Perfumery, tells The Zoe Report. “It goes with everything, can instantly make you feel chic, and accentuates your personal style.”
Wall Street Journal
Uncommon Scents Made Far From Paris
Juniperus, a bracing scent from Fiele Fragrances, plays sophisticated notes like bergamot and ylang ylang off an essence of fir needles for a “clean and woody effect.”
Los Angeles Magazine
Meet the Indie Perfumers Who Are Making Scents of LA
“Top Perfumer Linda Sivrican dreams up a few fantasy fragrances inspired by her favorite celebs.”
Vogue
This Mozambique-Inspired Perfume From Painter Cassi Namoda Is a “Woody Tropical” Work of Art
“With only the directive to include deep oud, an oil prized for its meditational properties, Sivrican [head perfumer at Orris Perfumery] set out to work on what she calls a “woody tropical fragrance.” Many days (and one sleepless night) later, it was, at long last, ready.”
The Cut
How to Fake a Post-Workout Shower Like the Best of Them
Kostabi uses Ambrette Rose by Musc et Madame (“I always get a ton of comments on it— clean or fake clean”
Allure Magazine
Move Over, France: These Are the New Perfume Capitals of the World
"Our brands have a laid-back West Coast spirit to them, […] we put tremendous effort into making them feel simple and unfussy.”
Vogue
How Architecture and Design Shaped Los Angeles’s Vespertine
Instead, Kahn has teamed up with perfumer Linda Sivrican of Los Angeles’s Capsule Parfumerie on a bespoke fragrance that’s slightly reminiscent of Le Labo’s hit Santal 33—but better.
girl across the blvd
"I spent the afternoon pretending to be a “nose” at Orris Perfumery on Melrose. They’re a unique perfumery that specializes in handmade fragrances. They even let me sneak a peek into the back room to see all of the essences in rows on shelves. Tiny glass bottles labeled “orange blossom” “ sandalwood” and more versions of “rose” than I could count."
Clever LA
How to Shop Fragrance as a Gift: Tips From a Professional Perfumer
"The chicest spot to shop for a brand new scent for you, or someone on your shopping list this holiday."
The Cut
A Santal 33 Rival at Half the Price
“Santalum smells like lazy cigarettes on the beach in summer; sunscreen and palo santo sticks; warmth.”
Noble Media
How To Find Your Signature Scent With Orris Perfumery
"Linda Sivrican counts Usher, Abigail Spencer, and Susan Sarandon as patrons of her beautiful, made in Los Angeles Orris Perfumery that sits on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood."
Uncover LA
Amateur Perfumers Can Score Pro-Perfume Making Tips at One of LA's Coolest Indie Scent Makers
"Think you've got a nose for whipping up scents that fragrance fiends will fall for? Starting next month, you can hone your olfactory and scent-mixing skills at Orris Perfumery, which is launching perfume-making workshops next month."
Out
Daily Crush: Santalum by Fiele Fragrances
“That's the idea of Fiele Fragrance's Santalum, a smoky, sandalwood-based scent that transports us to a remote cabin in the woods -- the one with a hot lumberjack next door.”
Hollywood Reporter
Orris Perfumery's Small-Batch, Made-in-LA Scents Have A Star Following
"Local small-batch boutique fragrance house Orris Perfumery, founded by perfumer Linda Sivrican and her husband, Mike, in 2012, opened its first store last October on Melrose Avenue."
Uncover LA
LA's Coolest Small-Batch Scent Maker Opens Its First Fragrance Flagship
"In addition to a complete house of handmade scents, guests will also find the shop decked out with fresh blooms from fashionable florist Birch & Bone, a mini coffee bar ready to serve espresso (in heated cups, no less), and a state-of-the-art turntable spinning whatever have on hand."
Design Milk
Orris Perfumery: The Essence of Los Angeles Bottled Up
"Linda is an artist who paints with scents instead of colors, creating olfactory stories that are quintessentially LA: laid-back, different, complex yet relatable, androgynous, and sensual."
Time Out
Orris Perfumery: Los Angeles - Shopping Guide
"From the small batch, artisanal production to the inspiration behind each collection, nearly everything about this husband-and-wife-owned perfumery is a tribute to Los Angeles."
WWD
Orris Perfumery Opens on LA's Melrose Avenue
"The new store on Melrose Avenue could be the first of several to come from the L.A.-based multibrand fragrance company."
Allure
Does perfume actually ever expire?
“Perfumer Linda Sivrican of Capsule Parfums gave us four freshness rules to follow.”