A retreat for creative
entrepreneurship & wellbeing.
Costa Rica
October 24-28, 2026
Modern life has become characterised by a constant noise that leaves little space to listen.
Familiar routines that blur the beauty in the small moments.
A relentless pace that rarely allows the stillness to savour a scent, or to fully taste and appreciate the food in front of us.
Yet flavours hold entire memories. The kitchen, the season, and those around the table. Scent does not merely document the past; it can make you feel physically present in that moment again, returning the same comforting feelings.
It is not about escaping the world, but restoring the ability to truly notice it.
Sun cream warming the air of a cool hotel room. Freshly laundered beach towels. The earthy tropical warmth and honeyed sweetness of flowers in the sun.
The whir of a coffee machine and faint clatter of plates. The whisper of leaves in the breeze. Birds chirping intermittently all around. The gentle crashing of waves waiting in the distance.
Brightly coloured butterflies in motion. Light shimmering on emerald water, and the leaves of surrounding trees. The never ending bright blue sky, and droplets on an ice-cold glass.
The woodiness of seafood barbecued over charcoal. The nutty sweetness of rice cooked in coconut milk, and brightness of a tropical salad. A freshly made soda of equal parts tart passionfruit and sugar.
The gentle room-bound breeze at the end of the day. The heartwarming final rays on the face. The soothing shower water washing off sand revealing softer skin beneath. The comfort of a rich moisturizer, and the weight of clean, cool sheets.
The sense restored when the mind has enough peace to hear it.
Wellness begins with the senses. Restoring presence and feeling, to guide a life of greater alignment with what you love.
october 24-28, 2026
6 senses, 5 days, 4 nights in Costa Rica.
An intimate, technology-free retreat bringing together creative entrepreneurship and wellbeing, for those seeking the space for intuition, inspiration and creativity to unfold, surrounded by the natural beauty of Costa Rica.
Across five days, sensory-led sessions and thought-leadership conversations take place alongside seasonal dining, restorative treatments, and the pleasure of getting to know a small group with shared interests. Together, they create the space to explore how to build the freedom to experience more of life while working on what you love.
The inaugural edition marks the launch of scent.tech, an onchain wellness club dedicated to sensory craft, with the private unveiling of a fragrance shaped over the past year by the retreat host, and a New York-based perfumer, the first artist welcomed into the community.
An expression of the Rich Coast, the fragrance reflects their shared commitment to intentional creation and sensory craftsmanship.
Limited to six guests.
guest artist
Asia began her career in corporate finance, but quickly realised it was not how she wanted to spend her time. Unable to find a place within the beauty industry she had hoped to enter, she created one for herself, co-founding an award winning independent fragrance house with a close friend.
Her relationship with scent shaped by the culinary traditions of her Jamaican and Filipino heritage and by her experience of synaesthesia: hearing scent, tasting colour and understanding fragrance through flavour, sound and feeling. Every composition begins as a complete sensory world.
She deliberately resisted the pressure to scale at the expense of quality, and that care can be felt not only in the fragrances themselves, but in the loyal community that has formed around them and the people who join her bespoke perfume tours through New York.
This first retreat honours the courage it took for Asia to create her own path, the devotion she continues to bring to her craft, and the community she has built around the art of scent.
october 24-28, 2026
Land in Costa Rica surrounded by greenery. From the scenic countryside drive to the five-star hotel between the jungle and beach. Home away from home for four nights
Located within a nature preserve, an open invitation to take the short trail across to the beach for sunrise at one of the most famous surf beaches in Costa Rica
Private and curated yoga tailored to the day. Series of grounding, balancing and uplifting morning sessions. Led by Costa Rican Practitioner
Market-sourced, seasonal cuisine every morning for breakfast in the hotel restaurant, to replenish and fuel the day ahead
A live DJ set and coffee tasting hosted by Greater Records and local coffee and lifestyle company on the first morning. As an open invite to local community of entrepreneurshosted bygreaterrecords.com
Private thought-leadership session on “Building the Freedom to Experience: Scent” led by Asia, an independent New York Perfumer & Scent Artist. Held in a private, serene, and casual setting
A traditional Costa Rican farm-to-table lunch in neighbouring fishing village. An opportunity to see the surrounding area as a group and enjoy heartwarming meal
Daily time for poolside or beachside reading, writing, or napping. The itinerary designed for days that unfold with purpose but without pressure
Conversation over coffee on the scents and memories that shape individual taste, and interactive discovery session to “find your signature” by Asia
Wellness and beauty rituals of the Rich Coast. Brought to life through private chef's tablescape, bespoke in-room treatments, and luxury products crafted from local ingredients
Daily open invitation to watch the magical sunsets that stretch the full length of the 5 mile golden beach
Casual dinners and conversations each evening in the hotel restaurant, a local community favourite for its considered menu of fresh fish, wood-fired meat, homemade pasta, local salads and comforting desserts
Peaceful nighttime sessions to wind down each day. From the candlelight yin on the day of arrival, to a dreamy sound bath, and breathwork session, all designed to free the mind and create restorative rest
a comfy king bed, soothing rainfall shower and private sanctuary of your own await
Pacific Coast of Guanacaste, Costa Rica
by design
Set within the Blue Zone of Costa Rica’s Pacific Coast, the retreat unfolds across a considered selection of places revealed to guests only as they are experienced to encourage genuine real time discovery. The hotel name is shared on the day of travel for arrival logistics; everything beyond it unfolds through a daily itinerary waiting in-room.
nothing overlooked
SCENT
a creative wellbeing retreat
October 24–28, 2026 · Costa Rica
SCENT
SCENT.TECH
Founding membership
Due to the limited availability and intimacy of this event, we ask that prospective guests apply to attend through a short conversation with our team.
start a conversationTamara is a Costa Rica-based Creative Director from the UK, who has spent the last 15 years in the beauty industry traveling the world to help founders and companies develop products and experiences that bring them closer to their communities.
From interning at the offices of a global beauty conglomerate in both London and Sydney; to developing products at the Dubai-based startup of a Makeup Artist for her online community of 20 million in 2017; to joining a Californian Surfer in 2022 to help her tell the story of the rapidly growing fragrance brand she started from the back of a VW van in 1996; and, most recently, producing highly bespoke experiences in New York, Los Angeles and Toronto, for a heritage fragrance and beauty house and its community of artists and influential voices. Her career has tracked the changing relationship between beauty, community and the internet: from the first wave of founder-led brands building directly with online audiences, through a more crowded digital landscape, to a renewed focus on offline community experiences.
Today, as founder of scent.tech, she is building a new blueprint on the belief that time, nature, and feeling well are among the greatest forms of luxury, and that all deserve much greater attention in today’s modern world. In practice this means using emerging technology in service of the IRL, rather than selling it as the destination itself.
She is passionate about creating products that make you feel considered, and spaces where you can gather around what you love in life.
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An onchain wellness club dedicated to sensory craft.
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