Somewhere between all my roles, I lost my own scent
- LostMother, wife, daughter. I looked after everyone — and stopped recognising myself in the mirror.
- AnchorA drop of oil when I was tired, a breath of scent when life was loud. The one moment I kept for myself.
- In tuneTwo years ago I met TimeWaver and began looking for the scents in tune with me. The right one gave me back my drive.
- ShiftPeople started greeting me with “Wow, you smell lovely!” More smiles — even my children came closer.
Scent cannot be seen or touched,
yet it reaches the heart first.
So I blended my first perfume and called it
The Present
Now I would like to hand this moment to you.
— Julia Yuen
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I was once a full-time mother.
Every day I was a mother, a wife, a daughter.
I cared for everyone — yet in the mirror, I no longer recognised myself.
“Who am I?” I couldn’t find the answer.
What stayed with me through it all was scent.
When I was tired, a drop of essential oil cleared my mind;
when life was chaotic, a breath of fragrance steadied me.
It was the one small moment I kept for myself.
Two years ago, I met TimeWaver.
I began using it to find the scents that were “in tune” with me.
Scent, I realised, is more than something pleasant —
the right scent made me more present, more passionate, and gave me back my drive.
Then the people around me began to change.
The first thing they said when they saw me was often, “Wow, you smell lovely!”
More smiles, more acceptance, more love.
Even my children wanted to come closer and listen.
I understood then:
scent cannot be seen or touched, yet it reaches the heart first.
When someone smells lovely, you naturally step a little closer and stay a little longer.
When your scent is right, good people and good things find their way to you.
So I blended my first perfume for myself — I called it “The Present”.
Each time I wear it, I return to who I really am. At ease, and whole.
Now, I would like to hand this moment to you.
— Julia Yuen
