Jessica Murphy

Jessica Murphy is a museum professional with a passion for perfume. She holds a Ph.D. in art history and has worked at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Brooklyn Museum. Meanwhile, she has also been writing about fragrance since 2007 at Now Smell This and her own blog, Perfume Professor. Since 2015 she has taught and lectured about the history and culture of fragrance through venues including the Brooklyn Brainery, the Institute for Art and Olfaction, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, the Timken Museum, and the Fashion Institute of Technology. You can follow her on Instagram @tinselcreation.