They smelt the future – and took it online

The indie director: Scout Dixon West

There’s a cinematic moodiness to Scout Dixon West’s Instagram feed that makes sense on discovering she’s a scriptwriter and a former model, one who can still work the camera with a smoulder that matches her eponymous perfume brand.

Growing up in northern California, Dixon West, 28, started out as a “girl perfume” enthusiast – “Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, that kind of fragrance” – but became more…