Steve is one of a remarkably small group of perfumers. By most estimates, there are only around 400 professional perfumers in the world. Of those, only a handful work independently, and even fewer are American.

Without the backing of a legacy fragrance house or years inside the traditional perfume industry, he trusted his own instincts. He paired leather and pine—two notes no trained nose would have reached for together.

But when the candle was poured and lit, it smelled like something familiar: a worn leather jacket hanging in a pine cabin after a weekend away. It smelled like an American memory.

That fragrance became Leather + Pine, our very first best seller.

More than a decade later, we’re still family-owned. We’re still handcrafting every candle, perfume, and home fragrance in Nashville, Tennessee. And Steve is still composing every fragrance that leaves our doors.

The traditional fragrance world is built around trends, gatekeepers, and formulas that have existed for generations. We’ve always believed the best fragrances come from somewhere more personal—from instinct, lived experience, and the places that stay with you long after you’ve left them.

Our fragrances aren’t designed to smell like everyone else’s.

They’re designed to become part of your story.

Because if we’ve done our job well, you’ll leave your trace long after you’ve left the room.