Perfume Storytelling
Come behind the scenes and read…
Pieces of My Heart
I love thinking about the different places where I've left pieces of my heart. Along the McKenzie River in Oregon, the path to the blue pool releases the perfume of the heart of the world. North of Boston, the salt marsh breathes a brackish air that some call stinky and I call intoxicating. And in a stone house in Provence, baskets of dried lavender still hold the memory of my mother…
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Workshop
On the jasmine-soaked streets of Bordeaux, every doorway is a mystery waiting to be decoded. What if the secret language hidden inside every fragrance you've ever loved was something you could actually learn to speak? In LVEN's perfume workshops, that's exactly what happens and the deeper you go into the science, the more magical it gets.
LVEN Workshops
The wait is over. LVEN's first sensory workshop has arrived — an intimate, fragrant journey through the olfactory pyramid, hosted at Café Eriu in the heart of Bordeaux. Join Rachel Myers Moore as she guides you through raw materials, scent layers, and the quiet magic that happens when curious noses gather in one room.
Poetry and Perfumery: How Literature Shaped My Life as a Perfumer in Bordeaux
Discover how studying contemporary Irish women poets led to a career in French perfumery. An intimate story of landscape, memory, Bordeaux terroir, and the art of translating “greenness” from words into scent.
Launching a Niche Perfume Company Rooted in Memory and Landscape
Discover how a Midwestern childhood, Irish poetry, and Pacific Northwest forests led to launching La Vie En Nose, a niche perfume company in France inspired by scent and memory.
The Language of Scent: About Rachel Myers Moore
Discover how the founder, creator, and nez behind LVEN began: a celebration of memory, words, and the craft of fragrance. From backyard lilacs to Bordeaux, this essay traces a lifelong love of scent and how language unlocks perfume, from nez training to a vocabulary of raw materials.
On y va…

