Perfume houses often root themselves in geography and heritage. However, perfumery is inherently transcultural. Maison Millais is a fragrance house and cultural project.

We meet Haera as she bikes down Central Park West, a patent-leather satchel stuffed to the brim casually slung over her shoulder. We sit down at a busy cafe to talk about Maison Millais — and the woman behind it all. 

The brilliant and dazzling Oona shares with us her Proust's Madeleines, souvenirs of a life in New York.