Laboratory Perfumes is a firm favourite in the fragrance industry. Creating androgynous perfumes was a promising concept, and with its gender-free packaging and correlating candles, the theory is a clear success.

A scientific approach is taken towards the blending of natural oils to create sustainable aromas free of all harmful chemicals and processes, inspired by the brand’s single overriding inspiration – the great outdoors.

Laboratory Perfumes fragrances are inspired by nature and travel. They adapt to the wearer & evolve over the course of the day.

Taking inspiration from the flora of the English countryside, Laboratory Perfumes created five clean, pure and modern unisex fragrances, evocative of nature. The plain brown recyclable packaging reflects the company’s love of simplicity, but the fragrances are complex and evolve on the skin. The elegant, clear glass bottles recall the origins of a traditional perfumer’s laboratory.

SAMPHIRE

A pinch of spicy juniper berries, citrus oil and an intoxicating trio of lavender, rosemary and basil, join verbena to layer over white amber and oak moss to culminate in a fragrance that evokes the fresh coastal air.

The fragrances we create at Laboratory Perfumes often start with a single aroma. In Samphire’s case, it was a young leaf of verbena plucked from a friend’s garden on a spring afternoon. The scent was so arrestingly fresh, we decided to find a way to capture its zesty rush for our third fragrance.

We crushed a sprig of that verbena with a pinch of juniper berries from the spice rack – and Samphire began to take shape. Moving from the kitchen to the lab, we blended in citrus oil, flourishes of lavender, basil and rosemary, and base notes of white amber and oak moss to create a bright, cool, aromatic scent with a lightness of touch that belies its complexity and longevity on the skin. The finished scent was so clearly evocative of the seashore we could only call it Samphire.

“The chic, minimal packaging hints at its chemistry-set roots while the scent is clean, natural and highly addictive. Move over Love Potion No. 9…”
– House and Garden