regular expert column
Perfume Lab
“Perfume Lab” is a regular expert column by Karolina Šafránková, Founder & Creative Director of the KSafran brand, published in both the print and online editions of Perfect Woman magazine.
It offers a deeper look into the world of perfumery—from fragrance compositions and ingredients, through the process of creating scents, to the craftsmanship behind the creation of original perfumes. The individual articles combine expert knowledge with the creative and sensory dimensions of perfumery.
Perfume LAB • February–March 2026
The Scent of Transformation
The transition from winter to spring has a special quality: The old has already ended; the new is just beginning. The scent of change isn’t about traditional seasonality or visible change, but rather about an inner recalibration. The pace is shifting, while the direction is only beginning to become clear. And that is precisely why, as spring approaches, we often choose fragrance differently than at any other time of year.
Perfume LAB • April–May 2026
What Determines the Quality of a Perfume
Perceiving the quality of a perfume is not merely a question of price. What may seem “luxurious” or, on the contrary, “less refined” at first impression is the result of precise work with ingredients, their concentration, quality and structure.
The list of ingredients alone can never fully explain the resulting character of a fragrance or the emotions it can evoke. Just as music derives its power from rhythm and dynamics, a perfume composition has the greatest impact when
it gradually transforms as it is worn.
Karolina Šafránková
Founder & Creative Director, KSafran
Perfume LAB • June–July 2026
Perfume as a Soundtrack
Some scents work much like music. Not because we remember them analytically, but because they trigger something in us within a few seconds.
Tension. Energy. Atmosphere.
Perfume LAB • August–September 2026
What Determines a Perfume’s Originality
At first glance, it may seem that a perfume is created primarily through the selection of ingredients. In reality, however, its originality is determined even before those ingredients are chosen—by the question: What kind of scent do we actually want to create?
The way in which compositions are created is one of the main differences in approaches to perfume creation today.
