01 / 06 Woody, earthy, smoky
Akar
Garut soil after the first rain.
- Top
- Black pepper, Kaffir lime
- Heart
- Garut vetiver, Patchouli leaf
- Base
- Tapanuli benzoin, Sandalwood
Meet AkarMeet Akar
Rp 1.150.000 50 ml
An Indonesian perfume house · Jakarta
The archipelago, slowly distilled.
Six eaux de parfum from essential oils distilled by our partners in Garut, Aceh, Timor, Banda, and Java.
Why Saujana
We don't make perfume that smells like Paris. We make perfume that smells like the places we come home to: Garut soil after rain, a Javanese veranda at nine at night, the Banda wind carrying nutmeg.
- 11
- distilling partners in 10 provinces
- 8
- weeks of maceration for every batch
- 300
- bottles per batch, filled by hand
- 22 %
- oil concentration, eau de parfum
The permanent collection
Ingredients & origins
Eleven materials, ten provinces.
Every key material has an address and a partner's name. Drag to meet them, or open the origin map.
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Vetiver
Chrysopogon zizanioides
Samarang, Garut · West Java
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02
Patchouli
Pogostemon cablin
Calang, Aceh Jaya · Aceh
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03
Benzoin
Styrax benzoin
Pollung, Humbang Hasundutan · North Sumatra
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04
Cinnamon
Cinnamomum burmanni
Kerinci · Jambi
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05
Jasmine sambac
Jasminum sambac
Pemalang · Central Java
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06
Tuberose
Polianthes tuberosa
Rembang, Pasuruan · East Java
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07
Cananga
Cananga odorata
Blitar · East Java
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08
Agarwood
Aquilaria malaccensis
Putussibau, Kapuas Hulu · West Kalimantan
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09
Sandalwood
Santalum album
Soe, Timor Tengah Selatan · East Nusa Tenggara
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10
Nutmeg & mace
Myristica fragrans
Lonthoir, Banda · Maluku
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11
Clove
Syzygium aromaticum
Ternate · North Maluku
From field to bottle
Four steps, about five months from field to bottle. None of them can be hurried.
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01
Harvest
Vetiver is lifted after eighteen months, patchouli cut every four, jasmine picked before dawn. Timing decides half of the scent.
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02
Distil
Our partners distil near the fields, in stills they maintain themselves. We smell and test every lot before we buy it.
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03
Compose
At the Kemang perfume organ, Laksmi builds the top, heart, and base. A single perfume can take two hundred trials.
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Rest
Eight weeks in dark glass, until the materials know each other. Then it is cold-filtered and bottled by hand.
Vetiver Patchouli Benzoin Cinnamon Jasmine sambac Tuberose Cananga Agarwood Sandalwood Nutmeg & mace Clove
Discovery Set
Not sure yet?
Start with six small vials.
All six perfumes in 2 ml vials. The price is credited when you buy a 50 ml bottle within 60 days.