Fragrance Inspiration to Form: The Vision Behind Nomad

On Substack, HOMMÉS Studio’s Creative Director explores how fragrance inspiration and distant travel memories evolve into immersive design narratives.

Fragrance inspiration can arrive without warning—through a memory, a feeling, or the faintest trace in the air. For Creative Director Micael Carvalho, the vision for the Nomad Collection wasn’t sparked by sketches or color palettes, but by something more intangible: scent. Known for his deeply intuitive design sensibility, Carvalho draws on fragrance inspiration as a powerful creative force, capable of conjuring entire worlds with a single note. As he envisioned distant landscapes and raw, untouched textures, it was the scents—earthy, spicy, sweet—that ultimately shaped the collection. Nomad is more than a series of rugs; it’s a quiet journey through memory and nature, a visual expression of fragrance inspiration woven into every fiber.

This post, originally shared on Substack, explores how fragrance inspiration can be transformed into interior design, featuring some of HOMMÉS Studio’s best-selling pieces. Discover the full story below.

From Fragrance Inspiration To Form: The Creative Vision Behind Nomad

The most meaningful collections often come from unexpected places. And sometimes, I only realize how deeply I’ve been moved by something once I begin to give it form.

I’m someone who feels with every pore of my skin. Inspiration doesn’t announce itself. It simply happens. A bird in flight. A ray of sunlight slips through the curtain. The scent of a shop I’ve just walked into.

Perfume might be my not-so-guilty pleasure.

Sometimes, before I even get dressed, I choose the fragrance I want to wear. Anyone who knows me knows how obsessed I am with scent. With simple notes or complex ones, layering them, creating my own depending on the season, my mood, and the energy I want to embody.

Scent is, to me, the most mysterious of all senses. It doesn’t speak. It evokes. It transports. To a memory, a feeling, a place.

And that’s how, without me even realizing it, the Nomad Collection was born. Last September, while sketching ideas for the new designs, my mind drifted far. I imagined remote cultures, untouched landscapes, vibrant colors, and raw textures. But what stayed with me most were the smells. Pure. Earthy. Spicy. Sweet.

“Scent is, to me, the most mysterious of all senses.”

At first, I wasn’t sure what had inspired me. Was it the colors? The shapes? The sounds? But it was the smells that truly grounded everything. However, the real challenge was how to transform a smell into color, texture, and pattern.

That was the journey.

Nomad is a collection rooted in nature and the senses. Each rug was imagined as a silent story. A visual perfume. A quiet composition of texture and memory.

The dry heat of pepper. The warmth of vanilla. The smoky trail of patchouli at dusk. A collection not just to be seen, but felt. A quiet voyage, led by scent.

Turn fragrance inspiration into design by transforming the scents, moods, and memories of your journeys into pieces that evoke emotion, beauty, and timeless character in your everyday space. Let your home tell a story—one that begins with a scent, unfolds with texture, and lingers in every detail, inviting connection, comfort, and curiosity. Fragrance inspiration isn’t just a starting point—it’s a powerful design language that speaks directly to the senses.

Inspired to design with scent in mind? Discover the Nomad Collection—a sensory-driven journey where fragrance becomes form, and every piece tells a story of memory, mood, and emotion. Let your next project begin with a scent.