James "Miju" Nguyen is a Vietnamese American perfumer who spent over 15 years working in hair color before chemical allergies from that industry left him fearing fragrance altogether.
Roan on FireFinding relief in natural products, he grew curious about scent and taught himself cosmetic chemistry, eventually founding LV1 / LEVEL 1 STUDIO with Kael Jeong. His brand d.grayi creates olfactive art rooted in Vietnamese and Korean heritage, reimagined through a queer, contemporary lens, with a body of over 50 fragrances.
Radiant luminosity and ethereal transparency. Kurkdjian's fragrances glow — they possess an inner light that makes them feel both airy and profound. His palette favors ambroxan, saffron, and delicate florals, composed with a musician's instinct for harmony.
234 creations
Refined elegance and measured sophistication. Polge's compositions for Chanel embodied the house's aesthetic — never too much, never too little, always precisely right. His fragrances have the quiet authority of impeccable tailoring.
76 creations
Noble materials and classical structure. Creed fragrances are built around the finest natural ingredients — ambergris, royal water, hand-selected musks — composed in the traditional infusion method that has defined the house for centuries.
54 creations