Nez: The Olfactory Magazine 10

The Autumn/Winter 2020 issue dives deep into the nose-and-mouth connection, and the essays on how chefs and perfumers borrow from each other are genuinely thought-provoking. The English translation reads smoothly, and the paper quality makes flipping through it feel like a little ritual.

The food-and-perfume pairing theme of this issue is such a smart angle—I read the culinary scent essays twice. Even the page stock feels heavier and more tactile than your average magazine, which fits the topic perfectly.

The Autumn/Winter 2020 issue dives deep into the nose-mouth connection, and the essays on how chefs think in scents really made me slow down and read twice. It’s a thick, beautifully laid-out read that feels more like a collector’s object than a magazine.