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the sensorium by tanaïsessays for my people on freedom, art, love, writing, beauty, politics and power by a novelist, essayist and perfumer.
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Stellar Smoke: Cover Reveal
Beloved readers, I am beyond thrilled to share the cover of my novel STELLAR SMOKE, which comes out on October 20, 2026!
This is my 3rd baby, and wow, it’s been a long, hard labor of love.
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At the Heart of Revolution
Minneapolis on my mind. How fitting to be blanketed by sleet and snow, as if they heavens are screaming: Abolish ICE! They murdered an ICU nurse. A poet. A father of two young girls. They are beating and murdering innocent bystanders in pla...
On Finding My Perfume Tribe
Featured in Cosmo Middle East, December 2025 issue
When I make a perfume, I want it to feel like a wearable work of art on the skin. My latest release, I Want You, features the basiest of base notes, oud, sourced from the lush, hilly land...
A Year of Shadows
Dear ones,
It’s been many months since I’ve written here. This is a long essay, on this Year of Shadows. The last time you heard from me I was recovering from a harrowing experience. It’s been so long since I’ve journaled or written anythi...
When Something (Unspeakable) Happens
One week ago, on the afternoon of Tuesday, August 19, I was assaulted by an Indian-American musician, a man I’ve considered a friend, and a member of my South Asian diasporic family.
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Author. Perfumer. Beauty Seeker, Provocateur. Books: Stellar Smoke (Oct ‘26); In Sensorium: Notes For My People, Kirkus Prize Winner for Nonfiction; and Bright Lines. Founder of Studio Tanaïs.
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