VELLUM
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Rare Botanicals. Living Memory.

Scent as a
Second Skin

We do not bottle fragrance. We bottle the precise moment a forest floor exhales after rain, or jasmine at the exact hour it surrenders its oils.

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The Codex

Raw Materials,
Rare Provenance

Every VELLUM fragrance traces back to a specific field, grove, or sea. We source only the first-press, unrefined extract — the true living material.

Rosa Centifolia
Grasse, France · Centifolia
Rose Absolute
Heart accord · Velvet, honeyed, warm
Lavender
Haute-Provence · AOC Certified
Lavender Fine
Top accord · Crystalline, cool, herbaceous
Oud Wood
Assam, India · Wild-harvested
Oud Resinoid
Base accord · Smoky, ancient, sacred
Amber Resin
Socotra Island · Boswellia
Frankincense
Base accord · Resinous, meditative, dry
Jasmine
Sambac, India · Night-picked
Jasmine Absolute
Heart accord · Indolic, lush, intoxicating
Cedar Forest
Atlas Mountains, Morocco
Atlas Cedarwood
Base accord · Pencil shavings, dry, mineral
"We do not create fragrances for skin —
we create them for memory."

VELLUM was born from a single conviction: that the oldest sense deserves the most truthful attention. We macerate slowly. We distill carefully. We never synthesize what nature still yields. Each flacon contains an ecosystem — not an idea of one. This is not perfumery as status. This is perfumery as consequence.

The Collection

Three Fragrances.
One Philosophy.

Each VELLUM fragrance begins with a single moment in nature — then follows it wherever the materials lead. Sold in limited numbered editions.

ELEGY
Dark Rose Oud Benzoin
ELEGY

A requiem for the night-blooming rose. ELEGY opens on a bruised petal — Bulgarian rose macerated 48 hours longer than convention permits — then descends into raw Assam oud and a benzoin base that clings like warm amber resin.

Top: Bergamot, Black Pepper · Heart: Rose Absolute, Iris · Base: Oud, Benzoin, Patchouli
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SOLENNE
White Jasmine Iris Cedar
SOLENNE

The hour before ceremony. Sambac jasmine — picked in darkness to preserve the most volatile top notes — suspended in a cool iris root heart. Grounded by Atlas cedarwood and a whisper of white musks.

Top: Lemon Verbena, Magnolia · Heart: Jasmine Sambac, Iris · Base: Cedar, White Musk
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DUSK RESIN
Labdanum Amber Vetiver
DUSK RESIN

A photograph of late light through a canyon. Cistus labdanum — arguably the most ancient perfume material still in use — anchors an amber-forward structure cut through by Haitian vetiver's green-mineral edge.

Top: Cardamom, Saffron · Heart: Frankincense, Labdanum · Base: Amber, Vetiver, Sandalwood
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The Atelier

Five Stages of
Alchemy

From field to flacon: the journey each VELLUM fragrance takes before it is ready to inhabit a life.

VELLUM Atelier
The maceration room — Antibes, France
01
Wild-Harvested Sourcing

Our perfumers travel to origin. We work directly with cooperatives in Grasse, Assam, Socotra, and the Atlas Mountains — buying at harvest, not through brokers. Raw material quality is non-negotiable.

02
Cold Maceration

Delicate materials — jasmine, rose, violet — are cold-maceated in organic carrier oils for a minimum of 21 days. This preserves volatile top notes that steam distillation destroys. No short cuts.

03
Accord Development

Our resident perfumer develops each accord over a period of 6–18 months. We iterate through dozens of structural variations before the formula is locked. Simplicity is pursued, never assumed.

04
Hand Filling & Sealing

Each bottle is filled by hand in our Antibes atelier. The crystal flacon is individually inspected, the stopper hand-polished, and the ribbon-sealed collar applied by a single artisan who signs the base.

05
Numbered Edition & Certificate

Every VELLUM fragrance is issued in editions of 500. Each flacon carries a hand-written edition number, batch date, and the perfumer's initials. A provenance certificate accompanies every purchase.

Recognition

As Written About
& Awarded

2024
The Financial Times
"VELLUM represents what niche perfumery should aspire to — honesty of material and poetry of result."
2024
Wallpaper*
"Best New Fragrance House" — Wallpaper Design Awards, Category: Olfactory Excellence
2023
Vogue France
"DUSK RESIN is the most compelling oud fragrance released in five years. Uncompromising and necessary."
2023
Fragrantica Critics' Choice
Gold — Outstanding Debut Collection. ELEGY named "Best Dark Rose of 2023".
2023
Le Monde
"A parfumerie with the patience of a monastery and the precision of a laboratory."
2022
Condé Nast Traveller
"One of the world's 12 most extraordinary ateliers — VELLUM earns its quiet reputation."
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Begin Your
VELLUM Journey

We invite you to our atelier — in person or through a private video session — to discover which of our fragrances speaks to your particular memory.

Atelier
14 Rue des Parfumeurs, Antibes, France
Hours
By appointment · Mon–Fri, 10am – 6pm
Contact
atelier@vellumparfums.com
Telephone
+33 4 92 10 04 57