ABOUT US

Founder Joseph Quartana with Ierofante at the 2023 Fragrance Foundation Awards Luncheon

SIX SCENTS PARFUMS and PARFUMS QUARTANA are houses of perfume founded by fragrance artist Joseph Quartana in New York city in 2008 and 2016, respectively.

Our perfumes are cruelty-free master-blends of the world's finest responsibly-sourced essential oils and aroma molecules.

Each perfume is hand-made in New York city and features heavy Italian glass bottles finished with French metal componentry.

Awards + Accolades:

Art + Olfaction Independent Category Winner (2023)

The Fragrance Foundation Perfume Extraordinaire of the Year (2017)

The Fragrance Foundation Best Indie Perfume (2011)

Founded in 2016, PARFUMS QUARTANA is the signature perfume house of creator Joseph Quartana.

Our latest, Ierofante parfum extrait, is a Space-Age reimagining of the Hierophant tarot which received the Independent Category Prize (2023) at the Art & Olfaction Awards in Los Angeles as well as a semi-finalist nomination for Best Indie Fragrance (2023) at the Fragrance Foundation Awards in New York city.

Les Potions Fatales, a fragrance collection composed of nine genderless perfumes inspired by the power of infamous poisonous flora, was awarded Perfume Extraordinaire of the Year (2017) by The Fragrance Foundation for Poppy Soma.

Perfumer collaborators include Luca Maffei, Emilie Coppermann, David Apel, and Christelle LaPrade.

Founded in 2008, SIX SCENTS PARFUMS is a collaborative fragrance project that pairs visionary fashion designers with celebrated perfumers. The initiative has released twenty-seven fragrances across four limited-edition series and was awarded Best New Fragrance (2012) by FGI International for Nappa Noir, Best Indie (2011) by the Fragrance Foundation for #087 and Ascent, and a Cannes Gold Lion for Innovation in Packaging in 2009.

Creative collaborators include fashion designers 3.1 Phillip Lim, Bernhard Willhelm, Gareth Pugh, Henrik Vibskov, House of Holland, Juun J, Mary Katrantzou, and Rad Hourani.

Perfumer collaborators include Rodrigo Flores-Roux, Yann Vasnier, Shyamala Maisondeau, Calice Becker, and Darryl Do.

SIX SCENTS PARFUMS now offers limited-edition re-issues of #087, Ascent, and Nappa Noir.

In October 2019 at the PUBLIC Hotel, Joseph Quartana released 4'33" The Scent of Silence, a limited-edition scented candle designed for MUTE records' 40th anniversary box set, STUMM433 and inspired by John Cage's 1951 silent musical composition of the same name, 4'33".

Explore Les Potions Fatales by PARFUMS QUARTANA with the reimbursable MAGIC GARDEN Discovery Set and we'll email you a promotional code for $50.00 to be applied toward the bottle of your choice.

Watch REVIEWS of PARFUMS QUARTANA here.

Thank you for your interest in our 100% independent, owner-operated perfume company.

Joseph Quartana

Founder