The Scent Strip
A perfumed mail club. Every month a themed envelope arrives with something to read, something to smell, and something to keep.
Join the Scent Strip mail club
Sign-ups are handled at Posthouse, a platform built specifically for mail clubs.
What arrives
Each issue takes one theme — a flower, an object, a season — and everything in the envelope answers to it.
A letter about perfume
Where the month’s theme comes from, how perfumers have tried to capture it, and what to smell if you want to chase it further.
Scent of the month
A blotter from a featured house, chosen to fit the theme. September’s is Chelsea Staircase by Thin Wild Mercury — earl grey, lemon, hot iron.
Art and a scent memory
A 4×6 postcard with original art on one side and a short piece of writing on the other, both commissioned for the issue.
Something to keep
It changes every month: a sticker sheet, a DIY perfume recipe, a historical perfume trade card. Everyone deserves a fun little treat.
How it works
Sign up by the 25th
The cutoff is the 25th of every month. Make it and you are on the list for the following month’s issue. The 25th works both ways — cancel by then and you will not be charged for the next one.
Letters written with love and mailed with perfume
Printed, stuffed, and stamped by hand in Seattle — the same one-woman operation behind the perfumes.
Check your mailbox
A sweetly scented envelope to brighten your day and cancel out the bills. Sniff and enjoy!
Every issue covers its own making — the printing, the perfume, the scented strips, the postage, and paying the writers and artists whose work goes inside. Nothing in the envelope is filler.
The year ahead
Twelve themes. Each issue takes one word and follows it wherever it goes.
Submissions
Artists, writers, and brands are all welcome to submit! Pitch to whichever theme calls to you — the connection just has to be fragrant. Perfume, flowers, incense, food; anything scented counts.
For writers
Two spots for words in every issue.
The column
- A short piece, exactly 82 words.
The postcard piece
- About 150 words paired with art on a 4×6 postcard, or up to 250 if it runs both sides.
What you get
- Accepted work is paid, plus a copy of the issue, a byline, and a link of your choice.
Send a Word or Google Doc. Work should be your own and not published elsewhere first. All words should be human made, though everyday tools like Grammarly are fine.
For artists
Original work, printed and mailed.
What goes in
- Stickers — an original design that becomes the issue’s ephemera.
- Postcard art — an original piece on a 4×6, usually paired with a writer’s words on the back.
- Spot or cover art — small illustrations to match the theme.
What you get
- Accepted work is paid, plus a comp copy, credit, and a link to your shop or socials.
Send a JPG or PNG, as high-resolution as you have — it is going to print. All art should be human made.
For brands
Placements can be in-kind or sponsored.
In-kind
- Scented strips — scent and bag them yourself, or send a bottle and I will do it here.
- Ephemera — stickers, a trinket, a postcard. Anything flat that survives a postal machine.
- An offer — a small card with a reader discount.
Guest editor
- Shape a whole issue: the letter, the scent, the ephemera. I design, print, scent, and mail it, and you are credited throughout.
Keep it flat and mail-safe, 4×6 at the largest. You get a credit in the issue, a mention on my channels, a comp copy, and the exact copy count before it ships.
Return to snail mail
Sign up by the 25th and the next issue is yours.
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