Interviews
Interviews
Fragrance is never only about scent. It holds memory, taste, and the story of a life.
Interviews is where the friends and family of HoM Haute talk openly about the things scent touches. The rooms they grew up in, the people they carry, what they have learned to leave out. Each issue is one voice and one honest conversation. No experts, no scores. Just the way a fragrance becomes part of who someone is.
Interview — 30
“Wear and do whatever brings you joy.”
Felix
Independent Perfumer · Lixie · Metro, Lampung
An observer of small things, a father found again in wood and cooling oil, and the imagined worlds behind Lixie
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Interview — 29
“Every formula is a question rather than an answer.”
David
Scent Creative Director · Daevu & Pilgrim · Bandung
A portrait in two chapters, wet soil after rain in Bandung, and failure kept on the bench as research
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Interview — 28
“Happy enough, sad enough, and Zen always.”
Goura
Spiritual Enthusiast & Marketer · Bali
Five senses trained one at a time, three doorways onto a father, a mother and a silence, and the number he gave us twice
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Interview — 27
“Not every life has to look the same to be a good one.”
Rangga
Selenophile · Balikpapan
A year told as one lunar month, a novel that asked whether a scent can hold a memory, and the two words every reading lands on
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Interview — 26
“Good taste is a journey, not a destination.”
Sonia
Chemist & Curious Human · Bogor
A childhood of asking why, jasmine beneath the pillow, and two moods worn on alternate days
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Interview — 25
“Grace in silence, fire in ambition.”
Putri
Officer & Content Creator · East Jakarta
Two scent-memories that live side by side, a mountain measured in feeling, and a day held together by coffee, jasmine and matcha
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Interview — 24
“Just because you are different, it does not mean you are wrong.”
Bayu
Mechanic · Balikpapan
A year that began with a scroll, a fruit note that leads back to a father, and the exact hour the yard turns violet
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Interview — 23
“A barber who almost became a counselor.”
Ridhwan
Barber & Content Creator · Pondok Kelapa, Jakarta
The smell of an old shop in four materials, a bottle chosen for its contrast, and the exact number of sprays a small room can take
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Interview — 22
“I live between sunshine citrus and midnight music.”
Rio
Fragrance Enthusiast & Content Creator · Balikpapan
A first bottle found in high school, a mother’s scent he has never stopped looking for, and citrus for the day with music for every hour after
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Interview — 21
“Medicine and perfumery are equal.”
Angga
General Practitioner · Surabaya
A can of Axe that started everything, petrichor in a village with no signal, and two disciplines he insists are one
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Interview — 20
“Gentleness has never been the same as weakness.”
Maariyah
Scent Creator, Poet & Teacher · Balikpapan
Rain and roses finishing the same sentence, an album of sounds no one calls music, and a hope to be remembered by scent
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Interview — 19
“You are wearing a narrative.”
Fikri
Public Servant & Storyteller · Pontianak
Perfume read like a track, orris as the smell of arrival, and a life lived at its own honest pace
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Interview — 18
“There are no wasted experiences.”
Andar
Personal Trainer & Powerlifter · Tangerang
A search that changed everything, an aunt’s perfume returned by a single sniff, and strength kept honest as it grows
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Interview — 17
“Take it slow, and savor every sniff.”
Soni
Kopite & Scent Creator · Jakarta
The most fragrant street in Indonesia, a house of his own, and a belief a Kopite defends with a grin
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Interview — 16
“Fragrance is a trigger for a human bloom.”
Adittya
Barista & Poet · Bogor
The bloom of coffee and people, rain on dry ground, and the poems that let moments live forever
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Interview — 15
“Scent, for me, is a world of exploration.”
Maria
Urban Planner & Transport Advisor · Tangerang Selatan
Bamboo walls and daily jamu, an insatiable nose, and taste as a language learned by living
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Interview — 14
“I love fragrances so deep I can read them.”
Tom
Fragrance Enthusiast & Content Creator · Jakarta
Perfume read like literature, a dream finished by orange and flint, and a mind kept free
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Interview — 13
“Fragrance is a key that unlocks memories.”
Mima
Lactation Counselor & Pastry Chef · South Tangerang
Her father’s Sunday roses, a grandmother’s chypre, and what is timeless kept close
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Interview — 12
“Every scent is a place I have been.”
Abdurahman
Management Consultant · Cibubur
A canal, an avenue, a pine forest, a life told as a route
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Interview — 11
“Fragrance is liquid storytelling.”
Fahmi
Raised on Bukhoor · BSD City
Bukhoor at every gathering, green tea back to himself, and a chypre that changed his mind
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Interview — 10
“Some keep journals; I keep scents.”
Hafidh
Medical Student · Samarinda
Warm rice at dawn, the grand by day, and quiet wood by night
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Interview — 09
“Speak your truth, even when your voice shakes.”
Ally
Mother, Writer & Dreamer · Bekasi
Damp wood and jasmine, incense at dawn, and every perfume a chapter
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Interview — 08
“Here and now, and nothing else.”
Aditya
Policy Analyst · Jakarta
Vetiver, the morning jamu of childhood, and living here and now
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Interview — 07
“A scent returned the color.”
Blake
Digital Artist · Tangerang City
Jasmine, grief turned to acceptance, and the color a scent gave back
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Interview — 06
“To know your liking is knowing yourself.”
Nis
Café & Restaurant Owner · Pekanbaru
Rice and the family table, tea by day, and something dark for the night
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Interview — 05
“Beauty with intention, not attention.”
Stephanus
Pharmaceutical Chemistry Lecturer · Yogyakarta
Iris and orris, and the introspective nights of Ronin Jazz Felina
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Interview — 04
“You never lose by choosing kindness.”
Aldhiano
Videographer & Food Blogger · Balikpapan
Rain-soaked pines, solitude, and a collection learned by heart
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Interview — 03
“Seek, and you shall find.”
Rafi
Storyteller · Tangerang
Jasmine, his mother’s holy days, and the chypres he keeps returning to
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Interview — 02
“A fragrance with a soul lives.”
Matthew
Known as Amscent · South Tangerang
Soul, and the human musk of a mother’s room
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Interview — 01
“True taste comes from who you become.”
Andreas Sukory
Vaporista & Content Creator · Tangerang City
Solitude, the language of feeling, and why taste shapes everything
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Fragrance, through memory