Pop singer and artist Hayley Kiyoko and her partner in scent, Bart Schmidt discuss the singer's first fragrance Hue, her most memorable scents, and how fragrance and music can be artistic tools of self-expression.
We finally did it. Our obsession with celebrity fragrance brings us to interview queer pop icon Haley Kiyoko about her first fragrance Hue. Two years in the making, it's being released into the world like... tomorrow, but not after a slew of ideations on how to create the kind of scent that feels like a "virtual hug." Before you ask, it's made for everyone by which we mean, it's made for anyone needing an aura of safety and security where one can feel their most authentic. So yeah, that's pretty much everyone, right? Haley talks about what it's like being a queer pop artist in a mainstream space, her favorite scent memories, and why music and scent are such powerful means of expression.
[Fragrances mentioned: Mugler Angel Nova, MIX:BAR Tangerine Squeeze and Blackberry Tonic, Ex Nihilo Honoré Delights]