The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
Anxiety arrived in 2025 from Christophe Laudamiel, whose composition turns a familiar floral opening into something unsettled. Geranium, rose, and galbanum bring a green, leafy snap before smoke enters the center and the scent begins to feel less decorative, more internal. The opening feels clipped and vivid, with leafy green notes meeting a polished floral edge. As smoke develops, that brightness softens into a hazy middle. The composition then moves toward birch tar, cardamom, vetiver, cedar, and pine, where leather, spice, earth, and wood give the fragrance weight and structure. Its character comes from the changing relationship between these materials, from fresh greenery and florals to smoke, spice, and darker wood.
Its unusual point is the handoff from rose and galbanum into smoke. The opening has a clipped, green energy, while the heart makes the composition hazy and less certain of itself. Then birch tar, cardamom, vetiver, cedar, and pine ground that movement in leather, spice, earth, and wood. Galbanum gives the opening its leafy bite, while rose and geranium contribute a floral edge. Smoke settles into the middle, changing the brightness into something more atmospheric. Later, birch tar adds its dark, tarry character, cardamom brings warmth, and vetiver reinforces the earthy impression.
The evolution
The first impression is green and almost restless. Galbanum gives the opening its leafy bite, while rose and geranium add a polished floral edge. As the heart arrives, smoke softens that brightness into an atmospheric haze. It feels less like a bouquet and more like a half-lit thought. The drydown is the part that stays with you: birch tar brings a dark, tarry leather facet, cardamom adds warm spice, and vetiver settles everything into earth. Cedar and pine keep the ending woody rather than soft. As the fragrance develops, the green opening gives way to smoke, then to darker notes of tar, leather, spice, earth, and wood. The result feels grounded and contemplative, with a strong sense of texture and contrast.
Cultural impact
Anxiety sits within The Tilted Chair’s artist-led framework, where fragrance acts as an instrument for emotional knowledge rather than a simple decorative accessory. Its position between floral brightness and smoky wood gives the composition a clear emotional vocabulary, shaped by contrast and changing texture. The opening of geranium, rose, and galbanum feels green and floral, while smoke introduces a darker atmosphere. Birch tar, cardamom, vetiver, cedar, and pine bring leather, spice, earth, and wood into the drydown.
The House
Tilted ChairThe Tilted Chair is an artist-led fragrance practice built around the idea that scent can function as a language of memory and emotion. Rather than presenting perfume only as a decorative accessory, the studio connects olfactory composition with writing, installation, and sculpture. Its collection is organized around four distinctly named emotional states: Isolation, Anxiety, Joy, and Anticipation. These fragrances were developed as part of two creative explorations, one set in Florence, Italy, and the other in New York. The result is a compact collection that treats fragrance as an instrument for reflection, association, and the communication of feelings that may resist ordinary language.
The Creator
Christophe LaudamielChristophe’s signature technique blends rigorous molecular research with theatrical staging. He favors crisp citrus, marine accords, and bright aromatics, then anchors them with unconventional synthetics that add depth.
