Pocha Bar

Late-night pocha culture: sizzling food, clinking glasses, and that blurry moment when snacks and stories start to blur together.

The opening feels like cracking a light beer—bubbly, a bit wheaty, almost floral—wrapped around the smoky impression of grilled meats and street-side cooking.

As it settles, chili heat, soy sauce richness, caramelized onions, sugar, and ambroxan come forward, creating a savory-sweet, smoky gourmand that really does smell like a food stall table covered in shared plates.

It’s the kind of profile you reach for when you want something playful, weird-in-a-good-way, and deeply tied to Korean night life rather than a traditional dessert or “clean” wear.

KST Scent is a Korean-American fragrance house based in the United States, crafting perfumes that weave Korean culture, queer identity, and personal memories into scent-driven stories.

As part of LV1 Studio, its fragrances reinterpret Vietnamese and Korean heritage through a queer, contemporary lens, translating New Year traditions, modern Korean queer culture, and nightlife into olfactive experiences.

The brand is LGBT-owned, created by Vietnamese American perfumer James Nguyen and his partner, Korean creative director Kael Jeong, whose shared backgrounds ground KST Scent’s lineup in emotionally vivid, culturally rooted perfumes rather than conventional luxury tropes.