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Another bestselling scent, Rain Water, conjures the scent of a just-passed storm, with nostalgic notes of violet, green mandarin, rose and magnolia, with creamy-spicy hints of sandalwood and frankincense. It’ s a fragrance, he says, of“ surrender and finding yourself. It is getting caught in the rain and letting it just wash over you.”
Vintage Leather was inspired by Hainey’ s love of thrifting and vintage fashion:“ I just love the idea of clothes and the souls they carry— the lifetimes they see.”
The new collection, as well as the Mizu line of botanical fragrances and candles, are available at his website, mhainey. com.
Even now, on the heels of a brand-new launch, Hainey is forever experimenting and playing with accords and profiles. There’ s a scent that smells like a tarnished silver chain, sharp and metallic, now on its eighteenth version. There’ s one that smells like tattoo ink and one that smells like the paws of his beloved blue heeler pup, River.
He’ s holding pop-up events— one with Little Bitte and JohnnyCakes Design in March blended scent science with artisan cocktails— and hopes to open a retail space in the future. Perfume is his passion, one he loves sharing with as many people as he can.
“ Scent is very personal. It’ s very emotive. It’ s registered in the brain in the same part that we have memories and feelings, and so they’ re deeply intertwined,” he says.“ Seeing how people like what it brings up has been my favorite part of running this business, because everyone always has such clear memories.” mhainey. com 🆁
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