ABOUT US

After producing 27 fragrances for SIXSCENTS PARFUMS from 2008 to 2012, I founded PARFUMS QUARTANA in 2014 to focus on creating "deeper cuts" of perfume than what mainstream fragrance might allow.

Our ethos is simple: we won't release a fragrance until we feel it can't be further improved, because why bother creating anything less than perfection?

PARFUMS QUARTANA is the only niche fragrance house in the world to win two consecutive blindfolded prizes, beginning with The Fragrance Foundation's Perfume Extraordinaire of the Year in 2017 for Poppy Soma, placing #1 out of more than 400 entries, followed by the Art & Olfaction Institute's Independent Category Award for Ierofante in 2023, placing #1 out of 350 entries.

Thank you for your interest in our passion.

Joseph Quartana

Founder

PARFUMS QUARTANA

The latest and 3rd release of our all-new healing collection Les Potions D'Entéléchie, Beaut'Air renders the gentle, radiant bliss of an entire day spent in bed: Beaming 10am morning sunshine, an optimistic blue sky, and fresh white sheets billowing in a linden and rose-tinged breeze ease one into a place of tranquil equilibrium.

Soleil Invisible, the 2nd release of Les Potions D'Entéléchie, renders a full day of vacation sunshine, and is a smoky, creamy, citrus gourmand experience.

Released in October, 2023 as the debut of Les Potions D'Entéléchie, Forest of the Golden Dream is a radiant evergreen 'Memento Vitae' inspired by shinrin-yoku, Japanese "forest bathing".

Ierofante parfum extrait is a Space-Age reimagining of the mythology of the Hierophant tarot card, and was released in October of 2022.

Ierofante won the Independent Category Prize (2023) at the Art & Olfaction Awards, Top Artisan Fragrance (2023) at the TasteTV 2023 Awards, and was nominated as a finalist for Best Indie Fragrance (2023) at The Fragrance Foundation Awards.

Ierofante was also named to numerous Top 10 Lists for 2022 by Persolaise, LolaScents, and CaFleureBon.

Our debut collection Les Potions Fatales harnesses the power of poisonous flowers and includes Bloodflower, Digitalis, Lily of the Valley, Hemlock, Mandrake, Midnight Datura, Poppy Soma, Wolfsbane, and Venetian Belladonna.

Les Potions Fatales' Poppy Soma was awarded Perfume Extraordinaire of the Year by The Fragrance Foundation, placing #1 out of more than 400 fragrant entries.

Founded by Joseph Quartana in 2008, SIXSCENTS PARFUMS was a collaborative fragrance project that paired visionary fashion designers with celebrated perfumers, with twenty-seven fragrant releases across four limited-edition series.

SIXSCENTS PARFUMS was the first American perfume house to be nominated for the Fragrance Foundation's Best Indie when the category debuted in 2010 and won it the following year in 2011 for Ascent.

Additionally, SIXSCENTS PARFUMS was awarded Best New Fragrance in 2012 by FGI International for Nappa Noir, and a Cannes Gold Lion for Innovation in Packaging in 2009.

In October 2019, MUTE records commissioned Joseph Quartana to design a limited-edition scented candle for the label's 40th anniversary box set called STUMM433, inspired by John Cage's 1951 silent musical composition, 4'33", which features 52 silent electronic "covers" of 4'33" by each of the label's stablemates including Depeche Mode and ADULT.

Get to know every current PARFUMS QUARTANA fragrance with the reimbursable Complete Discovery Set Bundle containing 2mL discovery vials of all thirteen (13) QUARTANA fragrant releases including:

Les Potions D'Entéléchie :

Beaut'Air

Soleil Invisible

Forest of the Golden Dream

Les Potions D'Arcanes :

Ierofante

Les Potions Fatales :

Bloodflower

Digitalis

Hemlock

Lily of the Valley

Mandrake

Midnight Datura

Poppy Soma

Wolfsbane

Venetian Belladonna  

We'll email you a reimbursement code for $60.00 to be applied toward the bottle of your choice of PARFUMS QUARTANA, and you'll have a full month from date of purchase to make up your mind.

* offer valid to residents of the USA only