Hailing from a small town close to Lake Garda in northern Italy, Matteo Bianchessi was making headway with a degree in web design when a chance tutorial with his Photoshop professor introduced him to the world of SLR cameras and photography. It kickstarted a love affair with taking pictures of walls, people, skies, trains, cars, architecture, mountains and countryside.

We’re all in such a trance with our infinite scroll, that I sometimes find myself wondering what the world would be like if we gave our other senses a chance to shine. I’m so busy eyeballing other people’s lifestyles that I rarely take the time to reflect on my own. It made me wonder whether the long-term implications of our digital addictions might impact our future physiology, so I decided to kickstart conversations with other women from the Studio Nicholson community – all of whom have built successful careers on an exemplary use of their own sensory faculties. The series begins with the perfumer, Lyn Harris.