Andrea Maack
Coven
Smells like a rain-soaked enchanted forest
from $10.00
- vibe
- earthy; elven; mysterious
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Fall; Winter
behind the scent
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Dark & Moody
Smoke, spice, woods and a little trouble. For when pretty isn’t quite enough.
D'Orsay
Dandy or Not. G.A.
Smells like the most elegant herbaceous leather
from $8.40
- vibe
- leathery; tea; refined
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Fall; Summer; Spring
behind the scent
More of a green cardamom than a warm, toasty one.
État Libre d'Orange
Fat Electrician
Smells like mysterious yet comforting static
from $8.00
- vibe
- earthy; blended; smoky
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Winter; Fall
behind the scent
One of the house's most divisive releases, built around an unusual vetiver-and-chestnut-cream. It leans into blue-collar irony, with État describing it as "a fisherman without a line" who unknowingly shapes fate around him.
Marissa Zappas
Queen Nzinga
Smells like warm amber, tart fruit, and regal florals
from $7.00
- vibe
- regal; powdery; fortified
- intensity
- Bold
- season
- Year-Round
behind the scent
Named for the 17th-century queen of Ndongo and Matamba (present-day Angola), a military strategist who personally led troops against Portuguese colonizers for decades.
House of BŌ
CASA BLANCA
Smells like a sun-warmed temple nestled in a coastal fig grove
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House of BŌ
CASA BLANCA
Smells like a sun-warmed temple nestled in a coastal fig grove
from $10.00
- vibe
- smoky; mineral; creamy
- intensity
- Bold
- season
- Year-Round
behind the scent
Built by perfumer Frank Voelkl around a coastal Mediterranean fig-tree concept; creamy minerals and white tea meet smoky fig and white oud. The bottle's cap is white howlite, chosen specifically because the stone is traditionally said to promote wisdom and patience.
STORA SKUGGAN
Azalai
Smells like mulled blood orange over Saharan sand
from $12.00
- vibe
- resilient; mulled; artistic
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Fall; Winter
behind the scent
Named for a centuries-old Saharan caravan route, home to the loneliest tree on Earth...a single acacia standing 150km from any other living thing, a landmark for salt-and-gold traders for generations, until a truck driver accidentally killed it in 1973. Saffron, blood orange, and gum acacia are meant to...
Room 1015
Electric Wood
Smells like the body of a vintage Gibson guitar
from $12.00
- vibe
- resinous; dry; clean
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Year-Round
behind the scent
Room 1015's very first-ever fragrance, born from founder Dr. Mike's first Gibson guitar. This extrait version was released as a bolder, wilder reimagining for the brand's 10th anniversary. Cardamom and saffron open into oak moss and myrrh, described by the brand as "a guitar bursting into flames mid-solo."
Day Three
Aylan
Smells like rose, warm oud, and vanilla wrapped in a soft cloud of saffron
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Amber
Day Three
Aylan
Smells like rose, warm oud, and vanilla wrapped in a soft cloud of saffron
from $10.00
- vibe
- velvety; sensual; heirloom
- intensity
- Bold
- season
- Fall; Winter
behind the scent
A genuinely personal creation. Perfumer Michael Paul made this as a scent-love-letter to his teenage daughter, Dakota Aylan, using rare, expensive materials she personally loves. He compounded the first batch on her actual birthday, and it now macerates for a full eight months before bottling, making it the...
Dos Mundos
Saoco Jazz
Smells like a wooden bar while the bass hums through the floor
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$10.00
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Dos Mundos
Saoco Jazz
Smells like a wooden bar while the bass hums through the floor
from $10.00
- vibe
- grounding; electric; effortless
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Fall; Winter
Marissa Zappas
Flaming Creature
Smells like smoky jasmine, rum, and melted candy
from $175.00
- vibe
- hazy; rebellious; narcotic
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Winter; Fall
behind the scent
An homage to Jack Smith's 1963 underground film of the same name.
ānti
Nashi Toro
Smells like rain dripping onto a hinoki forest floor in Japan
from $9.00
- vibe
- meditative, earthy, serene
- intensity
- Soft
- season
- Year-Round
behind the scent
Nashi Toro references a 1947 excavation in Shizuoka, Japan, where nashi pear seeds dating back to the Yayoi period were unearthed in the ancient ruins of Toro. The scent pairs crisp pear with Hinoki wood and rice bran, built to feel meditative.
Imaginary Authors
Memoirs of a Trespasser
Smells like you're curled up in a cabin with a book
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Imaginary Authors
Memoirs of a Trespasser
Smells like you're curled up in a cabin with a book
from $7.00
- vibe
- resinous; woody; cozy
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Fall; Winter
behind the scent
Inspired by a fictional explorer-writer who spent his life on a remote Madagascar ranch, this one is built entirely around Madagascar vanilla; dark, boozy, and rich with guaiac wood and oak barrels. Our team says it smells cabin-y!
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Eversun
Smells like nights turned into mornings
from $9.00
- vibe
- magnetic; transportive; flow state
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Year-Round
behind the scent
Built around the tension between distance and closeness. The brand describes it as "the deep, powerful feeling of being transported back to a person, a moment, an emotion." The name itself nods to the way a specific memory can feel permanently sunlit.
Goldfield & Banks
Silky Woods
Smells like molten agarwood wrapped in vanilla
from $10.00
- vibe
- luxe; varnished; confident
- intensity
- Bold
- season
- Year-Round
behind the scent
Built around Australian agarwood harvested sustainably from the Daintree Rainforest; the first time this wood species had ever been used in perfumery. It's meant as a softer, more modern reinterpretation of oud, in contrast to the heavier, more animalic ouds.
Dos Mundos
Mérida Nights
Smells like incense smoke clinging to warm stone walls
from $10.00
- vibe
- nocturnal; smoky; heritage
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Fall; Winter
Day Three
Midnight Raspberry
Smells like a dark chocolate-covered raspberry
from $12.00
- vibe
- sultry; smoky; tart
- intensity
- Bold
- season
- Fall; Winter
behind the scent
Midnight Raspberry features a big dose of natural Vietnamese agarwood specifically so the raspberry feels dark, not sweet or dessert-like. The perfumer, founder Michael Paul, describes the oud as functioning like the dark chocolate shell wrapped around the raspberry itself. It's currently the house's most premium release.
État Libre d'Orange
Hermann
Smells like wet earth and incense-y rose
from $8.00
- vibe
- earthy; petrichor; brooding
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Fall; Spring; Winter
behind the scent
Its full name is drawn directly from a line in Victor Hugo's poem "À quoi songeaient les deux cavaliers dans la forêt" ("What Two Horsemen Were Thinking in the Forest".) The narrator says "by my side, Hermann seemed to me like a shadow."
Andrea Maack
Jest
Smells like juicy plum on a night out
from $10.00
- vibe
- boozy; chocolatey; rich
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Fall; Winter
behind the scent
Andrea Maack describes Jest as that feeling right before spring finally breaks, but perfumer Julien Rasquinet took it somewhere bolder. Fans call it a powerhouse for a reason, and it's become one of the most-repurchased scents in the whole house.
House of Cosmo
Crimson Aura
Smells like a black cherry nightcap
from $7.00
- vibe
- sultry; radiant; smoldering
- intensity
- Bold
- season
- Fall; Winter
behind the scent
Described as "the glow of a sun suspended in the cosmos," Crimson Aura leans warm and boozy. It's less about freshness and more about radiating heat from the inside out.
Imaginary Authors
Yesterday Haze
Smells like ripe fig, soft iris, and warm tonka drifting through a hazy California orchard
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$7.00
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Imaginary Authors
Yesterday Haze
Smells like ripe fig, soft iris, and warm tonka drifting through a hazy California orchard
from $7.00
- vibe
- carefree; soft; creamy
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Year-Round
behind the scent
Set in California's San Joaquin Valley, the fictional story follows a farmer's wife's decades-long affair. Fig, iris, and tree bark give it a hazy, golden-hour warmth that matches the story's dusty, dreamlike setting.
Imaginary Authors
Cape Heartache
Smells like Douglas fir, pine resin, and a surprise hint of wild strawberry deep in a PNW forest
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$7.00
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Imaginary Authors
Cape Heartache
Smells like Douglas fir, pine resin, and a surprise hint of wild strawberry deep in a PNW forest
from $7.00
- vibe
- piney; wild; mysterious
- intensity
- Medium
- season
- Year-Round
behind the scent
The story behind this one traces back to 1881: a fictional explorer's memoir about building a homestead in an old-growth Pacific Northwest forest and falling for a woman from the Nehalem Tribe. Douglas fir, pine resin, and mountain fog make it read like an actual walk through that...
Pineward
Hayloft
Smells like sun-warmed hay bales
from $7.00
- vibe
- cozy; grassy; agrestic
- intensity
- Bold
- season
- Summer; Fall; Winter
behind the scent
Built from a custom hay, bison grass, and sweetgrass extract that Pineward co-distilled themselves from about 10 pounds of raw material. Two fragrances came out of that single batch: Hayloft and its sibling, Hayride.
Pineward
Fanghorn II
Smells like dew clinging to moss
from $7.00
- vibe
- earthy; damp; ancient
- intensity
- Bold
- season
- Fall; Winter
behind the scent
A recreation of the brand's very first fragrance, rebuilt after a key original ingredient became unavailable. It won Basenotes' "Best Artisanal Perfume" award in the North America category for 2021! Perfumer Nicholas Nilsson built the whole house around wanting raw, unsoftened conifer materials that most fine fragrance tends...
House of BŌ
COSMOS
Smells like praline and aged whiskey forged into a smoky veil
from $10.00
- vibe
- metallic; dark; galactic
- intensity
- Bold
- season
- Fall; Winter
behind the scent
Created by Alberto Morillas, imagining what a gourmand fragrance would smell like in outer space. Cold metallic minerals melt into aged whiskey, praline, dragon's blood incense, and agarwood. Its cap is metallized volcanic stone, said to promote grounding and stability (we all need that!)
