Maddie Phinney is a writer and perfumer. She has collaborated with Oliver Peoples, Andrea Maack Perfumes, Rose Los Angeles, A24, FEELD, The LINE hotel, Hyatt, Thompson Hotels, the beverly hills hotel, RH, AND Farrow & Ball.

SHE co-hosts NOSE CANDY PODCAST, has a perfume called centerfold, a newsletter called PERFUME ENJOYER, AND is A 2025 art and olfaction awards judge. She has written for BOMB, V Magazine, and Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles.

Previously, she worked at The Pompidou Center in Paris and in appraisals at the Warhol Foundation in New York. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art History from Smith College and a Master’s in Visual Studies from the State University of New York.