Hayden Grossman

Hayden Grossman is Fumerie’s third Maker’s Residency featured artist via his brand Treading Water Perfume.

Treading Water Perfume is a Portland-based brand owned and run by its perfumer Hayden Grossman. A visual artist as well as perfumer, he started the business in his in-laws basement when he became fascinated with perfumes’ innate connection to memory and imagination. Hayden’s focus in perfumery is mixing traditional perfumery techniques and concepts with an artsy-punk outlook to create complex scents that tell a story. 

Hayden is a formally trained visual artist and a self-taught perfumer. He pulls from a wide net of inspirations, from art history to old MTV cartoons. Smashing lowbrow and highbrow ideas into a melting pot that is as smart as it is stupid is the overall ethos of Treading Water. 

DECHETS Treading Water
DYSTOPIA Treading Water
JUDITH Treading Water
MOROSEXUAL Treading Water
MYCELIUM Treading Water
UTOPIA Treading Water

Explore Treading Water’s Maker’s Residency Page here

image and bio via Hayden Grossman