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Index Nº 01 — Autumn/Winter Edition

The Scents

Forty-two compositions, four olfactory families, one library curated by our team of perfumers in Brooklyn. Each entry below is a working formula — the top notes you'll meet first, the heart that anchors the room, the drydown that stays in the curtains long after the candle is finished.

Composed 2019–2026 42 active formulations 3 master perfumers
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Family I — Woody

Woody — the warm, structural backbone of the Azht library, from smoked cedar to dry oud.

Our wood-led compositions lean dry rather than sweet. They are the rooms that smell good an hour after you blow the candle out — built on cedar, sandalwood, vetiver root and a measured hand with oud.

  1. 01

    Cedar & Smoke

    Atlas cedar · smoked birch · guaiac wood · dry papyrus

    Composed by Marcus Velez — a fireside rebuilt for an interior, not a campsite. The birch tar is dosed at 0.4% so it never reads ashy.

  2. 02

    Sandalwood Atelier

    Mysore-style sandalwood · cashmere · ambrette seed · blonde tobacco

    Composed by Lina Osei — built around a sustainable Australian sandalwood we visited the distillery for in 2022. Creamy, not cloying.

  3. 03

    Atelier Oud

    Cambodian oud · saffron thread · rose absolute · black leather

    Composed by Marcus Velez — our most-requested private-label formula, brought into the main collection in 2024.

  4. 04

    Vetiver Room

    Haitian vetiver · grapefruit peel · cedarwood · wet stone accord

    Composed by Yuki Tanaka — the architectural scent of the family; the grapefruit lifts the vetiver so it never reads soily.

A matte charcoal Azht candle on a linen surface, lit by soft north light.
The woody family — seven of our eleven wood-led formulas photographed in the Brooklyn studio.
Three amber glass bottles surrounded by dried florals on travertine.
The floral family — composed bouquets rendered with restraint.

Family II — Floral

Floral — composed bouquets rendered with restraint, never sweet, never synthetic.

Our florals are reconstructed, not extracted. We treat single-note rose and jasmine as starting points, then build around them with woods, greens and a touch of bitter citrus so they read as grown arrangements rather than perfumery counter samples.

  1. 05

    Iris & Linen

    Florentine iris root · laundry musk · rice paper · cool aldehydes

    Composed by Lina Osei — the best-seller of the family. We use orris butter, not the cheaper orris concrete, which is why the drydown lasts.

  2. 06

    Night Jasmine

    Sambac jasmine · neroli · green stem · soft amber

    Composed by Yuki Tanaka — built to read after dark. The green stem keeps the jasmine from collapsing into sweetness.

  3. 07

    Rose, Plain

    Turkish rose otto · geranium · white pepper · cedar

    Composed by Marcus Velez — a rose for people who say they don't like rose. Two years of reformulation to get the geranium balance right.

  4. 08

    Orange Blossom Hotel

    Tunisian neroli · petitgrain · fig leaf · sun-warmed stone

    Composed by Lina Osei — created in 2021 for a Design Hotels property in Marrakech and never taken off the menu.

Family III — Resinous

Resinous — frankincense, myrrh, labdanum and the slow-burn gravity they bring to a room.

These are anchoring scents — for the study, the long dinner, the room you read in. They open bright, settle deep, and reward a second hour of burning more than the first.

  1. 09

    Frankincense & Salt

    Omani frankincense · sea salt · elemi · pale woods

    Composed by Marcus Velez — the resin is hand-carried back from a co-op in Salalah; we use the greenish tears, not the dust.

  2. 10

    Myrrh Hour

    Somali myrrh · bitter orange · beeswax absolute · oud wood

    Composed by Yuki Tanaka — a study in restraint; the beeswax note came in only on the seventh revision.

  3. 11

    Labdanum House

    Spanish labdanum · leather · birch · tonka · vintage rum

    Composed by Lina Osei — our warmest formula, the one we burn in the studio between November and March.

  4. 12

    Incense, East Window

    Kyphi-inspired accord · olibanum · benzoin · dried fig · oakmoss

    Composed by Marcus Velez — an attempt to translate the ancient kyphi ritual blend into a candle that throws in a Brooklyn living room.

A brass dish with raw frankincense and myrrh on walnut.
The resinous family — raw materials photographed in the Brooklyn studio.
Cut fig leaves and stems on a pale travertine surface.
The green family — the lighter, more architectural scents.

Family IV — Green

Green — fig leaf, vetiver, cut stem and the crisp top notes that open a room.

Built for daytime, warm months, and rooms with strong natural light. The green family is where most discovery sets begin — they're the easiest to wear, and they teach the nose what Azht composition sounds like.

  1. 13

    Fig Leaf, Noon

    Fig leaf · coconut milk · white cedar · a trace of black pepper

    Composed by Lina Osei — the fig leaf accord took fourteen attempts; the breakthrough was a steam-distilled absolute from a single California grower.

  2. 14

    Tomato Vine

    Green tomato leaf · basil · cut grass · sun-warmed earth

    Composed by Yuki Tanaka — a garden scent, not a kitchen one. Smells like August in the Berkshires.

  3. 15

    Mint & Stone

    Wild mint · wet pebble accord · eucalyptus · cool linen

    Composed by Marcus Velez — the only formula in the library that reads genuinely cold. Tested in a Finnish sauna, twice.

  4. 16

    Galbanum, Bright

    Galbanum · petitgrain · pink pepper · raw silk accord

    Composed by Lina Osei — a sharp, green opening built for spring. The galbanum is dosed high on purpose; this one announces itself.

A perfumer's note

On why scent is structured the way it is — and how to find your entry point.

People often ask me which family to start with, as though there were a correct answer. There isn't. The four families on this page are not a hierarchy — they are a map of how a room can feel, and the room you live in is the one you should trust.

If you are new to Azht, my honest suggestion is this: order a discovery set, and burn all sixteen of the candles we've just described, one after another, over the course of two weeks. Keep notes. The one you keep returning to — not the one that smells most impressive on first strike, but the one you find yourself reaching for on the third evening — is yours.

Composition is what separates what we do from the rest of the shelf. A composed scent has a top note that introduces, a heart that anchors, and a drydown that stays in the room long after the flame is out. A single-note candle, no matter how expensive its essential oil, will always read flat by the second hour. We test every formula for a 72-hour cold throw before it goes near a shelf, and fewer than six percent of submissions pass on the first attempt. That refusal rate is the work.

You don't need to know any of this to enjoy what we make. But if you want to choose well, choose the way you'd choose a book: read the first page, see if it pulls you in, and trust the rest of your evening.

— Lina Osei, Master Perfumer & Co-founder

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