Epiphyllum

This micro-batch perfume encapsulates the elusive fragrance of the rare blooming cacti flower that opens only for a single night. I registered the scent to memory and made quick notes upon sniffing several blooms that opened for a night this past June (2024).

Key ingredients: Violet leaf absolute, Lotus abs, Green tea CO2, Beeswax abs, Tobacco abs, Sakura salicylate, Clary sage abs, Orange flower abs, Jasmine grandiflorum, Jasmine musk, Petitgrain, Elemi, Oakmoss, Nectar, Fennel, Lily of the valley 

USD 125/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 10,000
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Lemon Candy
All the sweet and sour soaring sugary candy-glory is captured in this perfume! Lemon, Orange and mandarin peel CO2 with a combination of maltol, vanillin, coumarin, Tonka Bean, and a touch of styrax + tobacco absolute combine to craft a most nostalgic fragrance of childhood innocence and joy. Pure summer sunshine in a bottle.

USD 75/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000


Saptaparni
As the air turns cool and crisp with a dose of smog and the floral boom of the Alstonia Scholaris, the perfume of the season should turn to Saptaparni. Jasmine Sambac concrete, Cambodian oudh and cardamom oleoresin build the foundation of this perfume. Other notes layered on top are: gul hina attar, smoke and tar, patchouli, oakmoss, civet, leather, fennel, sandalwood, cedarwood, honey, and hay.

USD 75/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000


Outer Space
A perfume that brings all my interests together: Retro Sci-fi, art history and perfume! Turns out the milky way is abundant with ethyl formate, the chemical responsible for the scent and flavour of raspberries. So, knowing that and taking details of astronauts' descriptions of a burnt charred smell on their space-suits into account, here is a perfume that smells like charred lilies with a hint of raspberries, juniper, ambergris and cashmere.

USD 75/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000


















Banana Leaf
The shade of a lush tropical garden after a sun-shower. This perfume smells like electric green and blue colours with litsea cubeba kicking it off with a high key chlorophyl-citrus zing, followed by a sense of roses, violets, orange flower and lotus in the distance.

USD 75/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000


Dragons Blood
Composed by dissolving fragments of dragons blood resin that originate from the Yemeni Socotra archipelago and mimosa absolute, this perfume will take a while to mature. The heart of this "dragon" is further fortified with elemi, beeswax, rosewood, pomegranate, geranium, sandalwood, guaiac wood, opoponax, styrax and balsam 

USD 75/ 3ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000


Imported Cherries
In the interest of affording nice things while exploring the lengths and limits of "luxury communism", I crafted this perfume to claim a personal indulgence of late - cherries, probably imported from Chile.

A fresh luxurious scent with a dark hint of carbon footprint, this perfume is formulated principally with a synthetic cherry fleuressence, ylang ylang and narcissus extract in combination with the following notes: champagne, raspberry, blackcurrant, jasmine, seaweed, oakmoss, treemoss, galbanum, tonka bean and glorious galaxolide.

USD 75/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000


Exported Mangoes
A stall with towering crates of mangoes next to the sprawling shops of flower garlands: The scent of the king of all fruits, intermingled with delicate smells of marigolds, tuberoses and spices. This perfume comes in two versions, sweet or savoury. You may choose one or both.

USD 75/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000


Wearable Anger
Micro-batch tuberose smoked with cedarwood.
The absolutes of Tuberose (voluptuous green vegetal) and Jasmine Sambac (burnt rubber top note) are smoked over with tar and wood to create a clean quietly smouldering perfume. Look upon this emotion as magnificent, opulent, beautiful. Sandalwood, ambergris, buddhawood, castoreum, narcissus, frankincense, patchouli, vetiver, civet are crafted atop the resplendent night blooming flowers. To be worn in small doses.

USD 75/ 3ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000

















Mehtab Bagh (1700s)
Little evidence points to whether this "Moonlight Garden" indeed existed through the 17th and 18th century on the opposite banks of the Yamuna where it would have apparently had the best view of the Taj Mahal, or whether it was built as a romantic garden meant to bloom at night.

However, I have been able to reconstruct this long eroded garden with tuberose, gul hina, honeysuckle, orange blossom, parijat absolute, jasmine sambac, frangipani, civet, castoreum, oakmoss, treemoss, ozone, ambergris, galbanum, patchouli, sandalwood and agarwood.

The trees are still there, the parijat flowers still fall late in the year, the Saptaparni blossoms still glint in the moonlight, the last of the tuberoses bloom for the night time pollinators like moths, bats and lizards. The humidity hangs heavy as snakes from the river slither up to the water fountain and peacocks come to hunt.

USD 75/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000


Rosewater
The classic pairing of rose and vetiver takes a delightful turn. Here, I have kept things simple by using just four ingredients. The emerald green "ruh khus" blends with Bulgarian rose oil. A touch of lavender absolute and neroli keeps the perfume light, cool and floral.

USD 75/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000


Orange Blossoms
This perfume centres the orange flower absolute from Tunisia. Extracts of saffron, sandalwood and frankincense scaffold the delicate fresh flowers. Foundational materials such as carrot seed, castoreum, balsam and poplar buds further lend a sticky-sweet sensation true to the blossoms.

USD 75/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000


Lavender Absolute
I don't like the medicinal-tarpene smell of the essential oil that we are all familiar with. I prefer the fleshy green stem and bud solvent extraction of Lavender so I constructed such a perfume. A sleek glass and steel skyscraper has been built with sturdy building materials:
Lavender absolute, Cardamom, Green Tea, Fennel CO2
Oakmoss, Benzoin, Labdanum, Saffron absolute
Purple flower notes: Cyclamen, Hyacinth, Violet, Lilac, Iris/Orris
Guaicwood, Vetiver, Elemi, Galbanum

USD 75/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 5000
















Parijat (Micro batch)
These parijat flowers are drowning in boozy davana, and smell as if they have been fermenting in saffron and honey. A little on the bombastic side rather than muted and nuanced, this potent perfume has been formulated with jasmine auriculatum absolute, orange flowers absolute, saffron absolute, sandalwood, opoponax and castoreum on a heavy base of davana oil. The result is a multi-faceted fragrance that sparkles with notes of fermented fruit, spice, woods and white flowers falling on a monsoon night.

USD 85/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 6000


Egg Magnolia
The exotic blossoms of the Magnolia liliifera have been elusive to my nose until now. The large cream-yellow coloured champaca bud that closely resembles an egg, has a "tropical" scent that I only recently understood.
Champaca + Kaempferia galanga CO2 with absolutes of mimosa, orange flower, ylang ylang, jasmine grandiflorum, Neroli bind with synthetic fruit notes of mango, banana and pineapple.

These accords deepen with resinous base notes of beeswax, honey, opoponax, labdanum, balsam, oakmoss and sandalwood. This composition is as delicate and exquisite as the flower itself.

USD 85/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 6000


Smoked Patchouli (2018)
This is one of my early works that I reformulated once more as I have encountered no other fragrance like it.

Himalayan cedarwood, juniper, and carrot seed transform the scent of patchouli leaves to a smoked whisper experienced in high altitude cedar forests of Himachal Pradesh. This fragrance was a result of my research trip to Mandi where my friend educated us of their conservation efforts and their sustainable distillation processes of various botanical raw material while driving us on narrow, winding roads through the biodiverse forests.

USD 85/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 6000


Coffee & Frankincense
The absent-minded whiff of louban incense that I had lit earlier in the day, in combination with the coffee I was preparing, unwittingly sparked an idea for this perfume! Apart from the two principal ingredients, this composition has floral top notes of orange blossom and heliotrope.

USD 75/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 6000


Red Sandstone
This perfume is inspired by the 16th to 18th century sandstone mausoleums, forts and garden-palaces across Lahore, Agra, Delhi, and Rajasthan - and the experience of the architectural vernacular of Mughal India in this heat! This composition has required some restraint on my part. The materials that sparkle around a hot sandy, salty, bitter Vetiver CO2, are Orris butter, Japanese Hiba, Agarwood, Cocoa, Beeswax, Carrot Seed, Ambroxan, Opoponax, and a touch of saffron.

USD 85/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 6000


Nag Champa
In 2019, I was commissioned to craft a magnificent version of the traditional “Nag Champa” for patrons of Asia Society (NY). Together with the betel leaf absolute I made from scratch, this perfume captured the richness of the Southeast Asian landscape - the sweet-spice scents of nutmeg, calamansi lime, ylang ylang, frangipani, Cambodian agarwood and Indonesian sandalwood teleport one into an atmosphere of lush abundance.

USD 85/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 6000


Marigold & Coriander: Micro-batch
This concept has been a dream in my notebook since 2019. I finally stopped overthinking and composed it with CO2 extracts of marigold and coriander among other quieter ingredients; a minimalist perfume that let’s the flower be. It is not sweet, it is slightly green-bitter-crisp-savoury with notes of green-apple and smoothness of saffron, champaca and sandalwood. It also reminds me of sancho, a Japanese peppercorn that possesses a citrus aroma-profile.

USD 85/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 6000


Milky Jasmine
A composite of three different varieties of jasmine flowers and their corresponding extracts and isolates.

This atmospheric jasmine opens with a milky "rubbery" note typical of the flower. Principally constructed with Jasmine sambac concrete and Jasmine grandiflorum absolute, the lactonic notes are crafted on a foundation of sandalwood, carrot seed, civet, treemoss, oakmoss and agarwood. Top notes lifting this dense narcotic base will remind you of crushed jasmine garlands with hints of fragrant rice, ylang ylang and galbanum.  

USD 85/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 6000


Sandalwood Forest
A perfume that recreates the atmospheric mist around Karnataka rainforest, home to ancient Sandalwood trees. Clarysage absolute, Peatmoss, Ocealone, Oakmoss and Labdanum form a rich forest floor base that hints at the presence of fresh spring water, dew, and low hanging clouds.
Vetiver, Petrichor, Poplar Bud absolute, Sandalwood, Agarwood, Eucalyptus, Hinoki wood and Civet create an olfactory layer that suggests the presence of wild animals amid dense trees.
Orange Flower absolute and geranium add a faint floral-leafy effect.

USD 125/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 10,000


Sandalwood & Heliotrope
Decadent notes of ethically sourced Sandalwood are lacquered and brought to shiny finish with the following ingredients: poplar bud absolute, Himalayan cedarwood and costus, copaiba balsam, agarwood, ambergris and spikenard; top notes open with a powdery accord of heliotrope and orris. Pairs with incense on request.

USD 125/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 10,000


Indigo & Cashmere
A perfume that articulates on what true luxury is and what it could smell like: the scent of an antique indigo dyed kimono stored in a cedarwood cabinet, the scent of softness in the form of silk and wool. Indigo & Cashmere makes tangible a sensuality that runs old and deep through a formulation of Hiba wood, Blue Chamomile, Roman Chamomile, Cedarwood, Valerian root, Orris, Sandalwood, Hay, Ambergris, Cashmere musk. Pairs with incense on request.

USD 125/ 6ml extrait de parfum
INR 10,000