I founded Almost Human in 2025, after more than two decades spent shaping worlds through design, storytelling, and technology.

For years, I explored how form, clarity, and emotion move people — building digital products, visual systems, and experiences that attempted to make sense of both chaos and beauty.

I believed design was my final medium.

But perfumery found me.

What began as a spark of curiosity became a complete shift in perception.

Through scent, I discovered a language that bypasses thought and speaks directly to memory, instinct, and the deeper layers of awareness.

It was the first medium that felt alive — the first medium that felt like me.

My lifelong fascination with science fiction, esoteric teachings, and cross-disciplinary creation naturally converged here.

Almost Human became the expression of all the versions of myself — the human one, the dreaming one, and the one that stands just beyond the edge of what I understand.

I create fragrances as portals.

Each one is a moment suspended in time: a memory that never fully existed, a feeling you can almost recall, a scene between past and future.

They are fragments of my own world, interpreted through scent, offered to yours.

Professional recognition

In 2026, only a few months after launch, Almost Human received the Best perfume brand chosen by professionals award at Art Niche Expo 2026.

The award was voted by the perfume brands exhibiting at the event.

47 brands were present. Each brand could vote for one brand, but not for itself. Almost Human received 11 votes.

For me, this recognition matters because it came from inside the same world. From people building their own visions through scent.

Almost Human exists to remind you of your humanity and to invite you into the version of yourself that reaches a little further than that.

Goran Bajazetov
Founder & Perfumer, Almost Human