There’s one that I love: when you’re on a boat and it’s morning and you drink a hot coffee—I love that smell of salt in the air and the coffee. But I also have a memory from the farm where my grandfather grew jasmine and roses. At midday the workers came to get paid for the flowers they’d picked. It was very warm outside, and inside there was the smell of flowers, of the clay on the ground, some gasoline from the agricultural equipment. I feel that in beautiful smells, there’s always an element of darkness that can be a bit unpleasant but that drives your curiosity.

— Perfumer Aurélien Guichard on his favorite smell. Read more in Perfumer Aurélien Guichard on Playing Hockey, Driving a Classic Defender and His Favorite Smells at Robb Report.