Sudhar Beauty creates culturally shaped fragrances and artisanal beauty products from Brooklyn, with its first fragrance project centered on oud. Designed in New York and inspired by Dubai and Mumbai, its scents translate Arab perfumery and South Asian beauty rituals into small-batch releases, including an oud fragrance handmade in batches of 101. The brand also makes an organic turmeric soap bar inspired by South Asian skincare traditions.
NomaterraNomaterra makes destination-inspired fragrances in New York, hand-blending its scents in small batches from ingredients sourced around the world. Its collection turns places such as Oahu, Miami and Cape Cod into wearable perfumes and home fragrance, with the company also offering custom scent branding for brands and spaces. The Cape Cod Wild Beach Rose fragrance was named an Art & Olfaction Awards finalist.BROOKLYN, NY
APOTHEKEBorn from Chrissy Fichte’s 2011 scent-making experiments in a Brooklyn kitchen, APOTHEKE creates handmade home and personal fragrances, including its signature candles and soaps. The Brooklyn-based brand opened its own factory in 2012 and continues to thoughtfully blend fragrances and handcraft candles and soaps there. Its fragrance-focused Studio also invites visitors to make custom candles and perfumes.BROOKLYN, NY
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