We are often told that our homes should be optimised : designed to help us be more productive, efficient, or healthy.

It’s a subtle pressure to always be “resetting” or “improving” the spaces where we live.

I'm interested in the atmospheric layers of a home like scent, light, and small habits that sit between the walls and the furniture and how they quietly create comfort beyond how a space looks.

Hi, I’m Stephy. By day, I am a Strategy & Insights professional, and my work is centered on understanding people's needs, wants, and behaviours. But Scent Like This started from a much more personal place.

Scent has fascinated me ever since I first read Perfume by Patrick Süskind at school , how smell can connect to memory, emotion, and even bypass reason. Long before we name a feeling scent has already shape it.

Later, during a period of personal change, I start paying closer attention to small, ordinary moments in the home like the air changing when I open the window, the shift from day to evening , when cleaning laundry is folded…. Scent became part of that attention not as something to perfect but something to notice.

Most homes already smell of many things like laundry, cleaning products, cooking, air from outside. The question isn’t whether scent is there but whether those smells work together as you move through the rooms and the moments that happen there.

That’s where intentional scent comes in:

sometimes by noticing what’s already present,

sometimes by adding something new that you can create yourself,

and sometimes by choosing not to add anything else.

Most of us want our homes to feel more comfortable not by changing everything, but by refining what’s already there.

How I work with scent

A lot of what I share is shaped by what I call scent stacking:

It is the art of layering what is already there e.g. the fresh laundry, the open window with intentional scents to support a specific moment.

In practice, this means noticing :

• the scents that naturally appear through everyday moments,

• the ones that linger and shape how a space feels over time,

• how placement matters more than intensity (where a scent sits changes how it feels).

Rather than relying on one product to do everything, this approach looks at how scent moves through rooms, and through moments.

Scent moods

Most of the ideas here fall into three familiar scent moods :

• Escape

• Affordable Luxe

• Feel-good

Alongside these, you will also find a section called Smarter Scent which focuses on ingredient clarity, safety and understanding what you are actually using at home.

Why Scent Like This exists

In a world focused on "performance," Scent Like This exists to prioritise presence. It’s about creating small moments that help a home feel more comfortable, lived-in and supportive.

Home fragrance often end up feeling out of reach: shelves are full of beautiful candles, yet it’s often unclear what’s actually inside them. Some fragrances are so expensive they are saved only for "special occasions," while making your own can feel too technical.

This space exists to make working with scent feel simpler and more human not another task to optimise but something to pay attention . Here you will find:

• Practical ideas you can try or adopt

• Context over instructions.

• Space to experiment, notice, and adjust.

No pressure. No big declarations.
Just thoughtful choices that support how you live.