Elise Nakamura

Elise Nakamura spent five years on magazine beauty desks, the last two as a beauty editor, and then two years reporting on health, which taught her to read the study, not the press release. Fragrance has been her beat since her first byline, and she keeps a drawer of samples to compare every new launch against.

She writes the Fragrance and Wellness sections and edits the journal, so every article crosses her desk before it is published.