A Japanese perfume brand EDIT(h), founded by Kentaro Kuzuwa, has its roots in a family business that has been producing scented inkpad for over a century. Kuzuwa, the sixth generation to join the company, brought this olfactory heritage together with his own background as a music director, creating a perfume house that explores Japanese identity through a distinctly contemporary lens.

The story of Miya Porubcan, the founder of Mirads Parfums, is not one you hear every day. Growing up in Zambia and seeing perfumes just behind the till in the shop, without ever being able to try them, she now has her own fragrance brand, telling the tale of her journey from South Africa to Europe.