Gamma Waves started with my fascination with what happens in the brain when we smell something.
Odor perception isn’t passive. The brain is constantly sorting, comparing and organizing sensory information, and gamma-band activity has been observed as part of that process. I wanted to build a fragrance around that moment between recognition and uncertainty — when something feels familiar, but you can’t immediately decide what it is.
That is exactly how Gamma Waves behaves.
It moves between transparent woods, violet, orris, soft powder, warm skin and airy floral texture. Different facets seem to appear, disappear and return depending on distance, movement, skin and time.
Interestingly, despite being one of the more abstract fragrances I’ve created, it has also become one of the most consistently liked purely for the way it smells. You don’t need to understand the concept to enjoy it.
The name has a second meaning as well.
Gamma Waves refers both to the gamma-band activity associated with olfactory perception and to Methyl Ionone Gamma, one of the materials that gives the fragrance its violet, orris, powdery and woody character.
So the name connects the idea behind the fragrance with the material that helped give it its identity.
Perception. Recognition. Ambiguity. Gamma Waves.
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