Ben Krigler talks leather, lemons, and giving the smell of NYC garbage a chance: “The garbage in a city tells you a lot of about the people who live there and who they are”
Photo: Courtesy of the Retailer Call it the Proust effect: Memories are often triggered by smells. Scientific studies confirm that, of all the senses, smell offers the best recall. In Scent Memories, the Cut asks people about the scents they associate with different times in their lives. Next up is Ben Krigler, the fifth-generation owner of storied fragrance house Krigler known for its iconic fan base and sweet digs .
Love smells like: A body. So I would say amber or sandalwood — something deep and something warm, because love is about warmness. Success smells like: Champagne, so Sparkling Diamond 22. Success means that you accomplished something and you are in bliss, so it has to be something special, and something special, for me, is Champagne.
Vacation smells like: Mint and violet, if it’s winter. I love the winter, I love the snow and I love to ski. If I could ski year round, I would. If it’s summer though, I would say bergamot and cedar, because I like something citrus-y and fresh for that season. My home smells like: Lemon. I have a bottle of Villa Bordighera 20, which we brought back from the 1920s. I’m also doing a lot of lemon juice, and drinking hot water with a lemon slice in the mornings. I don’t know, I’m just in a time where I want to be purified by lemon. I’m doing a lot of lemon lately and I just love it at the moment. Maybe it’s because I’m also working on a scent with it at the moment but I don’t know, my home smells like it and it makes me happy.
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