What’s your name?
Soo-Young Kim.

Hometown?
Palo Alto, CA.

What do you do for a living?
Fashion Editor.  

What kind of perfumes do you typically go for?
Clean, citrus, floral. Musk oils.

What’s your earliest memory of perfume?
My grandmother’s collection of small glass bottles with balloon pumps.

What perfume did you wear at age 13?
Tommy Girl!

What perfume did you wear at age 16?
Victoria’s Secret Love Spell. Don’t judge me.

What perfume did you wear at age 22?
Marc Jacobs for men and also for women.

Favorite comfort smells?
My family’s blankets at home. Tide laundry detergent, Irish Spring soap and Dior’s discontinued Eau Svelte.

What did your home growing up smell like?
My mom roasting barley + corn to make “bori-cha”.

What’s your sign?
Aries.