The house
About the House
Musk of light. What remains, and what makes a person visible.
Some people leave a trace in a room after they have gone. Perfumers call it sillage. Older languages had another word for it.
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Noor
Noor means light. The same word passes through Arabic, Persian, Hebrew and Sanskrit, naming what a person gives off when they are most alive. Not brightness you can see. Presence you can feel.
Not brightness you can see. Presence you can feel.
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The name
The house began as Musk of Noor. Musk de Lumière is the same idea carried into the language of perfume: musk, the note that stays closest to the skin, and light, what makes a person visible.
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Where it comes from
The founder was raised where fragrance was never decoration. It was how a home welcomed you at the door, how a memory was kept, how respect was paid without a word. The house is the modern form of that upbringing, and it is open to everyone.
Fragrance was never decoration. It was how a home welcomed you.
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The house today
Every formula is composed and hand finished in Parsippany, New Jersey, from materials whose origins the house can name. The collection is L'Arbre de Vie, eight fragrances descending one tree. How the house works is set out in Our Commitment.
Musk de Lumière. What the air remembers.
Composed and hand finished in New Jersey.
Begin with the Discovery Set
All eight fragrances, 2.5 ml each. The $60 you pay goes toward your first 50 ml bottle.
The Discovery SetThe House List
New fragrances and the occasional letter.