The Aeris Scent Laboratory
The Aeris Clock
A time-of-day map of our scent canon
Every scent in the Aeris canon lives at a specific hour. The Aeris Clock is how we map them — each candle resolves to a single position on a twelve-hour dial based on the scent families it draws from. Citrus and green hold the morning. Woods, leather, and resin occupy the late afternoon. Amber, gourmand, and spice deepen toward evening. Fruits and florals rise toward midnight and noon.
Unlike the classical fragrance wheel — which classifies perfumes into four broad families — the Aeris Clock describes when a scent feels at home. It is an orientation tool, not a quality scale.
The Canon
Ordered by hour
How to read the Aeris Clock
Reading a position
A scent's clock position reflects its dominant scent family weighted by intensity. A 4:05 position means the scent leans woody with amber tension. A 1:30 position indicates a gourmand-spicy character. Each position is a centroid — the average of where the scent's families pull on the dial.
Choosing a candle by mood or time
Morning hours (8:00–10:30) suit kitchens, work-from-home setups, and bright spring mornings. Afternoon and evening hours (3:00–6:00) anchor living rooms, libraries, and quiet winter evenings. Midnight territory (11:00–12:30) energizes entertaining spaces with playful, expressive scents.
Pairing scents across rooms
Scents at opposite hours create contrast; scents within the same arc layer gracefully. A 4:00 woody candle in the den and an 8:00 citrus candle in the kitchen build sensory architecture across a home.
No position is finer than another. The Aeris Clock describes orientation, not quality.