Photography by Isabella Behravan

Writen by Justin Moran

PAPER MAGAZINE

Behind the Making of Boy Smells' New LES Candle

Boy Smells plays with the vast potential of gender, and infuses that into their scents to create something tneither femme nor masc, but a fluid swirl of everything together. Co-founders David Kien and Matthew Herman, who're real life partners, developed the brand as a way to create candles — and accompanying intimates — that reflect the complexities of personal identity.