Contributing Artists

Syd Buffman is a perfumer and interdisciplinary artist living in Los Angeles, California. She  graduated with a BA in Graphic Design from California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

Syd began as a graphic designer, spending a decade studying clinical herbalism, incense making and laboratory alchemy before learning the art of perfumery from Dawn Spencer Hurwitz, a pioneer in the world of indie fragrance.

In 2022, Syd founded the perfume house/art project SYD Botanica, which explores the transformative effects of scent on the mind and body, influenced by the poetry of nature, transformation and emotions.
Through SYD Botanica, she has created a multi-sensory body of work exploring the operations of alchemy, including visuals, poetry, and scent, with shows at PRS and the Keystone Gallery. She also teaches perfume making workshops and has collaborated on scents with The Golden Dome School, disco-pop star Maraschino, and Stanford d.School.

sydbotanica.com // @sydbotanica

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