"The art of fragrance?" he repeats with a slight quirk of his lips. He's had that briefing from the Barrayaran side of things, an unavoidable part of their dealings between embassies. To hear it straight from the ghem lords themselves would be a perspective he'd very much appreciate having.

"I was a professor at Solstice University for Komarran government." Not an outright lie even if the teaching part felt like a lifetime ago now.