Maya Njie creates fragrances as acts of remembrance - scents that reach into the past and hold something there. Drawing on her dual Scandinavian and Gambian heritage, Maya's self-taught practice translates intimate family memories into contemporary perfumery: the Swedish summer house, Sunday afternoons at her grandparents' flat, the particular quality of light in a photograph from the 1960s.

Each fragrance is autobiographical in the truest sense - built from raw materials, essential oils, aroma compounds and resins, blended not to a brief but to a feeling. The result is a body of work that feels both deeply personal and universally resonant: nostalgic in tone, but never sentimental in execution.

At Stillroom Apothecaries, we stock Maya Njie because her work represents exactly what independent perfumery can be at its best - unhurried, considered, and rooted in something real. Available online and in our Cardiff boutique.