Pia Long

Pia  Long is a Finnish perfumer who, having made Britain her home in the  early 90s, now creates for a range of brands from designer names to  ultra niche concept-driven projects. 

A  London College of Fashion graduate, Pia's original career was in film,  tv and theatre, but it was the time spent selling fragrance to fund her  studies that would plant a seed for the future. She went on to become a  junior perfumer for Lush, after which she worked as a perfumer (with  extra duties like quality control) for two small suppliers in the  fragrance trade, eventually going on to form the independent fragrance  lab Olfiction in 2016 with Nick Gilbert. 

Dreaming  in smell and moving olfactive objects in her mind, Pia's love of  stories and colour translates to a perfumery style she describes as  olfactive magic realism.

Recent  creations include the Vallense debut collection for William Borrell,  perfumes for Lindsay April's tattoo studio in Canada, and the first five fragrances for Olfiction's own brand, Eau de Boujee. 

Website: olfiction.com

Instagram: @olfictionlimited