Perfumers & Apothecaries in New York
8 stores · curated ORBIS register
Aedes de Venustas sells specialist perfume alongside incense and body products from its Lower East Side location on Orchard Street. C.O. Bigelow brings house formulas and apothecary products into the same selection, with a business history beginning in 1838. Ensar Oud specialises in agarwood-derived oud oils and attars, also offering wearable perfumes through the house founded as Oriscent.
Founded by Karl Bradl and Robert Gerstner in New York’s West Village in 1995, Aedes was created as a perfumery dedicated to exclusive, artisanal scents and became an early destination for hard-to-find niche fragrance. Since 2018 it has operated at 16A Orchard Street on the Lower East Side, carrying perfume, incense, candles, home fragrance and body products.
Aerin Lauder — granddaughter of Estée — launched her fragrance line in 2012 with a focus on 'lifestyle' scents that evoke places and moments.
A New York apothecary since 1838 — gaslight fixtures, Mark Twain’s prescriptions on file, house formulas still compounded.
Founded in 2004 by Ensar Gül as Oriscent in New York, Ensar Oud sources wild agarwood directly from forests in Burma, Borneo, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia, distilling it into pure oud oils, attars and wearable perfumes.
The first Kiehl's store opened in 1851 as an old-world apothecary at 13th Street and Third Avenue in Manhattan.
A New York perfumery founded in 2006 by Fabrice Penot and Eddie Roschi; each fragrance is hand-blended and freshly labeled in-store. Its Santal 33, developed by perfumer Frank Voelkl, launched in 2011 after debuting as a 2006 candle and room spray.
Specialist New York fragrance retailer offering a broad selection of independent and niche perfumes with guided consultations.
Fragrance and cosmetics line launched in 2005 through a licensing partnership between designer Tom Ford and Estee Lauder; built the brand with Black Orchid (2006) and the Private Blend collection. Estee Lauder Companies acquired the full Tom Ford brand outright for about $2.8 billion in 2022-2023.