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Custom Trials — Coming Soon

Create a custom scent.
Try it before the full bottle.

A Priori turns your taste, memories, or favorite materials into a 5ml custom trial first. Wear it, adjust it if needed, then apply the full trial price toward your 30ml bottle.

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$25 custom 5ml trial · full $25 credit toward 30ml · formula saved for reorder

The Offer

Don't blind-buy
your custom scent.

Most custom perfume asks you to describe what you want, pay for the full bottle, and hope the result lands. We do the opposite: create your scent first, send it in 5ml, and let the full $25 trial price carry forward if you go full size.

01

Create Custom

Start with the guided quiz, describe a mood in chat, or use the visual bench if you know your materials. Your formula is built for you, not pulled from a stock sample shelf.

02

Wear 5ml First

Your first bottle is a 5ml custom trial. Wear it in real life before you commit to the 30ml version.

03

Buy Full Size Later

If it earns a place on your shelf, the full $25 trial price becomes credit toward your 30ml bottle. If it needs a change, adjust first.

Choose Your Starting Point

Most people start with the quiz.
Use the bench or chat if that feels easier.

Custom should not mean complicated. If you just want the fastest path to something wearable, take the quiz. If you know a mood, use chat. If you know materials, use the bench.

Guided

Recommended

Take the quiz

$25 trial · credited to full bottle

Answer playful personality questions about places, moods, textures, and rituals. We infer the scent direction and show you what is inside before your 5ml trial is made.

Best for most people. Fun, guided, and hard to overthink.

Conversational

Coming Soon

Describe it in chat

$25 trial · credited to full bottle

Tell us the memory, mood, person, place, or perfume reference you have in mind. We translate the feeling into your first custom trial.

Best if you know the feeling but not the perfume vocabulary.

Advanced

Coming Soon

Use the perfumer bench

$25 trial · credited to full bottle

Start from beautiful materials and scent directions. Choose what pulls you in, then we keep the formula balanced enough to wear.

Best if you already know you like woods, musks, florals, amber, smoke, or citrus.

Create

Create your scent.

Question 1 of 13

You get one perfect Saturday. Where are you?

Scent Preview

Your visual breakdown appears here.

Complete one path and you'll see the opening, heart, base, and materials behind your custom trial.

The Palette

A curated palette.
Modern oils and aroma molecules.

Your scent is built from a focused palette of citrus, florals, musks, woods, amber, smoke, spice, powder, and air. Wide enough to feel personal. Edited enough to stay wearable.

You choose the feeling. We handle the proportions, balance, and material limits before anything goes into a bottle.

Bergamot

Bergamot

Lemon

Lemon

Neroli Petitgrain

Neroli Petitgrain

Aquatic Accord

Aquatic Accord

Jasmine Accord

Jasmine Accord

Rose Accord

Rose Accord

Ylang Ylang

Ylang Ylang

Cardamom Spice

Cardamom Spice

Iris Accord

Iris Accord

Iso E Super

Iso E Super

Ambroxan

Ambroxan

Musk Accord

Musk Accord

Sandalore

Sandalore

Cedarwood

Cedarwood

Vetiver

Vetiver

Vanilla

Vanilla

Benzoin

Benzoin

Frankincense

Frankincense

Patchouli

Patchouli

Geranium

Geranium

Lavender

Lavender

From Trial To Bottle

Custom trial first.
Then the full bottle.

Your trial is not a stock sample with a new name. It is made for you, labeled for you, shipped in 5ml form, and saved so the full bottle can be made the same way.

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5ml Trial

A small custom bottle made from your scent direction, with the trial price credited toward the 30ml version.

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Trial

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30ml Full Bottle

The final bottle carries the scent name, blend details, and enough information to make reordering exact.

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Full

How It Works

Built for you.
Not chosen from our shelf.

Choose the path that fits how you think: answer a guided quiz, build from materials, or describe the scent in your own words. We turn that direction into a balanced custom formula.

Your first order is a 5ml trial made from that formula. Wear it, live with it, then use the full trial credit toward a 30ml bottle when it feels right.

Every saved scent keeps its formula history, so you can reorder the same blend or return later to refine it.

FAQ

Common questions.

When does the shop launch?

We're finishing bench validation of the three signature recipes now. Sign up for notifications and you'll be among the first to know — and to order.

Is the $25 sample a normal sample pack?

No. The trial is your custom scent in 5ml form, made from your direction. If you order the full 30ml bottle, the full $25 trial price becomes credit toward that bottle.

What are the three creation paths?

Quiz is guided and fast. Perfumer bench is visual and ingredient-led. Chat is for describing a mood, memory, reference, or person. Use whichever one feels most natural.

Can I revise after the 5ml trial?

Yes. The first trial is there so you can decide what to increase, soften, remove, or make stranger before the full bottle.

Can I re-order the exact same bottle later?

Yes. Your scent recipe is saved. Same materials, same proportions, same scent.

What can't the palette make?

Fruity gourmands, edible gourmands, oud, leather, tobacco, and coconut are outside the first palette. If you want those, we would rather be honest than make a weak imitation.

Shipping and returns?

We ship in the US to start. Because every full bottle is custom, returns are limited; the 5ml trial is there so you can wear the scent before committing.

Reserve The Trial

Start with the 5ml.

Join the launch list for your custom 5ml trial. If you created a scent above, we'll keep that direction attached to your request. The trial is $25 when orders open, credited toward the 30ml bottle.