Yana Andreyeva
Yana Andreyeva entered the fragrance world after completing a chemistry degree at Moscow State University, where she first mixed essential oils in a modest lab. She joined Magma in 2012, attracted by the house’s experimental spirit. Within months she helped formulate a line of niche scents that earned quiet acclaim among collectors. Her breakthrough arrived with Aurora Borealis, a composition that captured the polar lights with crisp bergamot, icy mint, and a whisper of ambergris. Critics praised the perfume for its clarity and emotional resonance. Since then Yana has added twelve more creations to Magma’s portfolio, each bearing her precise hand and a willingness to push scent boundaries. Outside the studio she mentors young noses and curates workshops that stress scientific rigor and artistic intuition.
The hits
Notable creations
The signature
How Yana composes
Yana’s signature technique centers on contrast. She pairs bright top notes such as citrus or green herbs with deep, resonant bases like labdanum or smoked woods. She favors natural absolutes harvested from remote regions, then stabilizes them with cutting edge aroma chemicals that extend longevity. Her compositions often feature a fleeting heart—lavender, violet leaf, or heliotrope—that dissolves into a lingering trail of amber, musk, or oud. She avoids heavy layering; instead she builds each layer to support the next, creating a clear progression that reveals itself over hours. The result feels both precise and emotive, a scent that announces itself without shouting.
Philosophy
What drives Yana
Yana believes that fragrance should translate feeling into scent, not merely mask it. She treats each formula as a laboratory experiment, measuring how a single molecule reacts with skin chemistry. Her process starts with a clear emotional cue—memory of a sunrise, the hush of snowfall—and she selects ingredients that can reproduce that moment. She respects tradition but refuses to repeat patterns; instead she isolates rare absolutes and blends them with modern synthetics to achieve balance. For Yana, the act of creating a perfume is a dialogue between the nose and the mind, a chance to make the invisible audible.
The houses
Maisons Yana composes for
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