Cookies

We do not use cookies to track you, measure you across sites or show advertising. Our analytics run without cookies and without saving an identifier on your device. Because every cookie we set is needed for something you asked for, there is no cookie banner to accept. If an earlier visit left a cookie whose name starts with ph_, we delete it from your browser the next time you open the site.

• sb-…-auth-token (sometimes split into .0 and .1 parts): keeps you signed in. Set when you sign in, renewed while you use the site, removed when you sign out. Lasts up to 400 days.
• sb-…-auth-token-code-verifier: protects a sign-in with Google or an email link from being hijacked. Set when the sign-in starts and removed when it finishes.
• scentateca_auth_return: remembers which page to bring you back to after signing in. Lasts up to one hour and is removed once you are back.
• scentateca_recovery_grant and scentateca_recovery_done: secure a password reset, so only the browser that opened the reset link can set a new password. They last 10 minutes and 60 seconds.
• sct_intro: remembers that you have seen the introduction, so the home page does not replay it. Holds only the value 1. Lasts one year.

All of them are first-party: they are set by scentateca.com and read only by scentateca.com. If our hosting provider’s security checks challenge a suspicious request, it may set a short-lived cookie recording that your browser passed the check.

The sign-in, sign-up and password-reset forms also load Cloudflare’s Turnstile check, which tells people from automated sign-ups. It runs from challenges.cloudflare.com and may keep a short-lived value of its own for that check only; it is not used for analytics or advertising.

Some choices are kept in your browser’s own storage instead of cookies. They are not sent to us with each request:

• Light or dark theme, and layout and view preferences.
• Recent searches, and fragrances, comparisons and dupe pages you opened recently.
• The email address you typed while signing in, for this tab only, so you do not have to type it twice.
• Fragrances and pairs you saved while signed out, until you remove them or move them to your account.
• Unsent drafts of posts, replies, submissions and creations.
• Whether you have dismissed a hint on the scent map.
• A flag for the current tab so that where a visit came from (for example a search engine) is counted once. It is cleared when you close the tab.

You can delete cookies and site storage in your browser settings at any time. Blocking the sign-in cookies stops you signing in; everything else keeps working. Clearing site storage removes signed-out saves and drafts. Read the Privacy Policy for how we handle information, or write to hello@scentateca.com.