PRELIMINARY JUDGES: ARTISAN AND INDIE
ANTONIA KOHL
CO-FOUNDER MINISTRY OF SCENT
Antonia Kohl, founder of San Francisco’s Ministry of Scent, left a career in integrative design to pursue her passion for niche and indie fragrances. At MoS, she curates unique scents from independent perfumers, transforming her lifelong obsession with unusual perfumes into a celebrated, community-driven fragrance destination.
CHLOE COOVER
CO-HOST: NOSE CANDY
Chloe Coover is co-host of the Nose Candy perfume podcast. She is a visual artist, elusive chanteuse, writer, pop cultural anthropologist, fashion nerd, model-actress, and quadruple Leo. Chloe is in all endeavors, both professional and personal, proud to be a woman of trans experience.
DANA KILEY BUCHANAN
SCENT BAR | LUCKYSCENT
Dana Kiley Buchanan is an artist living in Los Angeles with over half a decade of experience working in perfumery with Luckyscent/Scent Bar. A deeply passionate fragrance enthusiast, she finds profound meaning in the world of scents and the power of scent memory, and co-hosts the Luckyscent podcast.
INEKE RUHLAND
PERFUMER, CO-FOUNDER OF MINISTRY OF SCENT
Ineke Rühland, a classically trained perfumer originally from Canada, creates original fragrances in her San Francisco studio. After working across Europe, she studied at ISIPCA in Versailles and apprenticed in Paris, combining traditional French perfumery with her love of design, literature, and the arts to craft distinctive perfume “stories.”
LINDA SRIVICAN
PERFUMER CAPSULE PARFUMERIE
Independent perfumer at Capsule Parfumerie, a multi-brand company she co-founded in 2012, Linda combines her reverence for premium ingredients and technical proficiency to create imaginative olfactory experiences. In 2020, she won the Golden Pear for Parallax Olfactory’s 'Nimbis', the scent of falling meteors.
MADDIE PHINNEY
PODCAST CO-HOST, NOSE CANDY
Maddie Phinney is a writer, podcaster, and perfumer. She has bylines in BOMB, V Magazine, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles, and elsewhere. She co-hosts Nose Candy and regularly guests on other podcasts. You can read her writing at perfumeenjoyer.substack.com.
SHABNAM TAVAKOL
PERFUMER, KISMET
Shabnam Tavakol studied at the Grasse Institute of Perfumery. After graduating, she worked with large-scale fragrance houses and master perfumers in Paris and New York City before founding Kismet Olfactive.
TIANNA BLUE
EDUCATOR, THE PERFUMERS' STUDIO
Tianna is the Head Perfumer at The Perfumer’s Studio LA, where she oversees a multilevel education program, laboratory services, and fragrance development. She is also the founder of ATARAXIA, an independent fragrance brand providing creative services and fragrance design.