Kismet Olfactive

Kismet Olfactive is a New York City-based independent fragrance studio founded by bohemian-perfumer Shabnam Tavakol. Born and raised in California, Shabnam, Farsi for morning dew, is the daughter of Iranian-immigrant parents who escaped the violent 1979 Revolution in Iran by a good fortune re-location to the U.S. Recognizing this fortuitous past, Kismet, from the Persian qismat, meaning “fate” or “what is meant to be” translates the serendipitous moments that radiate from lives into wearable scents.