Surreal, psychedelic, sultry scentscapes—inspired by Tanais' ancestral and spiritual homes: Bangladesh, New York City, India, Hawaii, Bali, and California.

When you smell a Studio Tanaïs perfume, you understand intimately, instantly, that these olfactory odes are drawn from a deep well, imbued with the ancestral, with a reverence for ritual, lineage, spirituality and history, all while being modern, sexy, and transcendent. These are opulent, original works of art.

Tanaïs is a New York City based author and perfumer. Their book In Sensorium: Notes For My People, won the 2022 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction. This genre-defying book offers a necessary, alternative feminist perspective of South Asian history, colonization, caste and nation-state formation, through the fascinating lens of scent history and sensuality.

Their critically-acclaimed novel Bright Lines, was a Finalist for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize, the Edmund White Debut Fiction Award, and The Brooklyn Public Library Prize.

Their forthcoming novel, Stellar Smoke, will be published by Dutton Books on October 20, 2026

Scent travelers, this one's for you, a self-made discovery set, meant to take the wearer on a sacred journey.

Each of these six singular perfumes are designed and handcrafted by Tanaïs in NYC. Using rare and hypnotic resins, absolutes and oils from around the world, along with the finest perfumer’s grade raw materials, these mixed media compositions are works of art, for your body and soul.

"In overwhelming accordance, we selected In Sensorium by Tanaïs as the winner of the 2022 Kirkus Nonfiction Prize for its daring, inventiveness, vision, and lyrical eloquence. Using the framework of fragrance and scent, the author's work confronts aspects of our society related to women, gender, and people of color. Seductive, vital, and incomparable, this is a reading experience that endures."

KIRKUS PRIZE NONFICTION JUDGES' STATEMENT

ONE OF NPR'S BOOKS WE LOVE OF 2022

"In Sensorium is a potently beautiful testimonial of feeling, touching, and breathing beyond the boundaries of empire." — Imani Perry, author of South to America

"In Sensorium does to the senses, particularly smell, what Toni Cade Bambara did to sound. I have never come close to experiencing a book that reminds us to accept the calcified histories and fluid futures deeply packed in our senses." —Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy and Long Division

"Lyrical, expansive, aching, and alive." — Jenny Zhang, Author of Sour Heart

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