L. S. Lau

I’m a Hong Kong-born Londoner. I’ve spent time studying and living in different cultures and it has left me with a lasting fascination for people who move between worlds. I learned the rules of being a permanent outsider, belonging to several tribes at once and to none.

When I married, I commissioned a bespoke perfume for myself, and that gave me a glimpse of the world of bespoke perfumery. I fell in love with the process: the conversations, the drafts, and how the final scent speaks to its wearer like nothing else.

Base. Note. is my first novel.

SHORT BIO, FOR PRESS

L. S. Lau is a Hong Kong-born Londoner who has lived and studied across several cultures, and writes about people who move between worlds. A fascination with perfumery, sparked when she commissioned a bespoke fragrance for her wedding, inspired her debut novel, Base. Note.