Founded by Chauncey Brown in 2022, Arm's Reach creates prestige fragrances rooted in Black experience, translating memory, culture, and lived experience into scent. Brown’s background in qualitative research, education, and time spent in Mexico and Ghana informs a community-interview methodology behind the brand’s debut BLACK IV collection. The company describes itself as a fragrance house built from the inside, by and for the Black community.
MOODEAUX, LLCFounded by journalist-turned-entrepreneur Brianna Arps, MOODEAUX is a Black woman-owned fragrance label creating unisex perfumes and skin-nurturing scent products built around the connection between fragrance, memory and emotion. Launched in 2021, the indie brand pairs mood-focused self-expression with longer-lasting, skin-conscious formulas and supports fellow Black fragrance entrepreneurs through its Black In Fragrance philanthropic arm. MOODEAUX was the first Black-owned perfume brand to reach both Credo and Urban Outfitters nationwide.
OursideFrom a small-batch workspace in the Bronx, Ourside makes unisex fragrances inspired by daydreams, memory, and the experience of growing up between cultures. Founded by Keta, the Black-owned fragrance house hand-pours its scents in limited runs, using Italian glass and formulas that are clean, vegan, and Leaping Bunny certified.
OUI the PeopleFounded by Karen Young, OUI the People is an independent fragrance and bodycare house creating fine scents rooted in Caribbean memory, ritual, and skin. Raised in Guyana and shaped by Flatbush, Brooklyn, Young draws on those experiences and French perfumery to make intimate, modern fragrances that wear close to the body. The collection’s signature approach turns personal memories—from condensed milk tea to warm Caribbean nights—into wearable stories.BROOKLYN, NY
World of Chris CollinsChris Collins, a former model shaped by Harlem and international fashion, founded World of Chris Collins in 2018 after developing a lifelong connection to fragrance. The brand works with expert perfumers to create luxury scents that turn personal experience into stories, with particular attention to the cultural exchange between Harlem and Paris.GARDEN LEVEL, NY