fume

NYC-BASED FULL SERVICE FRAGRANCE DEVELOPMENT

FUME is the invention of Cristóbal, a Bushwick Brooklyn nose & designer working at the intersection of culture, science and olfactive art. Our firm specializes in full service fragrance development from concept to finished product. As a one-stop shop for small and medium sized businesses, we make realizing your olfactive vision simple.

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in-house capabilities

  • Owner/perfumer Cristóbal oversees our fragrance development practice.

    Aligning to a trend or creating something truly innovative? We work with you to define a brief, compile benchmarks and provide samples along the development journey to capture a fragrance true to your vision.

    Check out our organ of over 700 raw materials.

  • Our designers specialize in packaging for perfumery to create masterpieces of form and function for our clients. Whether that means customizing stock bottles or creating something truly unique, we partner with you to translate a design vision into form fit reality ready for your customer.

    Choose from our stock options in bottle and cartons in varying sizes.

  • Often the most complex aspect of developing a new fragrance, our IFRA-compliant production practices ensure you’ll be able to market your products in any market across the globe.

    • Sourcing

    • Compounding

    • Filling

    • Sealing

    • Packaging

    Check out our automated production line.

  • empathy. creativity. lots of options. with fast turnaround. make bringing a fragrance to market fun.

  • we handle this so you can be sure your product can be sold in any market across the globe.

our work

gay juice

CRISTOBAL

Gay Juice is inspired by 70's Queer counterculture and CAMP. An experiment in florals, fruit and amber, the limited edition collection celebrates the history and legacy of Queer liberation.

Over 100 versions of Gay Juice were formulated over a year and a half and the final version features unheard of quantities of natural Ylang Ylang and Vetiver. Capturing the fleeting freedom of summer near the shore,only 500 bottles will ever be made and is exclusively available at Queer-owned small retailers and online.

MICA

Sustainable Desert Luxury

Inspired by the aromatic botany of the desert, MICA documents and pays homage to the vastness of the ecosystem and cultures it references.

Our fragrances are uniquely defined by a sense of place. Being wildly creative and resourceful allows us to create a fingerprint of the desert and bottle it in a scent that reflects the area it was born. 

MICA is named after Mica Mountain, the highest peak in the Rincon Mountain District of Saguaro National Park.The journey to Mica summit is made up of saguaro cactus, low growing shrubs and grasses, juniper, pinyon, oak woodlands, and a exquisite assemblage of scents. 

academia

nikkolas paul

Taking inspiration from the Dark Academia aesthetic movement, this collaboration focused on premium materials and finishes built around a genderless leather floral fragrance.

Pink Peppercorn, Cedar

Leather, Muguet, Jasmine, Patchouli,

Dark Fruit, Ambergris, White Musk, Vetiver

1866

HOROLOGICAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK

A collaboration with the Horological Society of New York and Hoax Parfum. Journeying deep into the society’s storied library archive, FUME created an iconic visual identity for their first-ever fragrance. The blue linen box is hand-embossed with an interpretation of the society's 150-year-old logo. The magnetic enclosure opens onto a deep bed of black velvet custom fit to house the 50ml octagonal flaçon. Here it’s all about the details - the bottle's gold cap recalls the detail of a vintage timepiece bezel.

Inside the bottle, we find an artful olfactive imaging of 1866. Crafted to be experienced slowly, the fragrance opens with the invigorating sensation of crisp alpine air. As it develops, we find ourselves transported to the eclectic bustle of Midtown Manhattan’s Club Row. The scent of the roasted nut cart on the corner evokes a symphony with cedar-wood and tobacco, bringing forth a welcoming warmth reminiscent of days spent in the Society’s library. Distinctly temporal in nature, 1866 finally transforms into an invisible timepiece, enveloping the wrist in supple leather and amber that wears evenly well past a New York minute.

Top Notes: Bergamot / Bitter Orange / Alpine Air
Middle Notes: Cedarwood / Orange Blossom / Praline
Base Notes: Tobacco / Supple Leather / Amber

GOLDEN STALLION

ÈTALON

COMING SOON…

Étalon is a fluid brand based in Los Angeles designed for the confident. All of our pieces go hand in hand with each other and are made to mix and match to create clean yet modern looks that can go from day to night or from a sandy beach to streetwear effortlessly.

For Golden Stallion, we crafted a amber citrus eau de Parfum that is simultaneously fresh, warm and sexy. Taking cues from auteur Steve Canar’s passion for travel and modern men’s luxury, the fluted glass flaçon, hand-carved Rosewood cap and gold finishes are the perfect pairing for the modern stallion.