Our Story
why phermont exists
After years of working in healthcare and research, I noticed something. Fragrance was banned in the cancer center and at fertility clinics too. That made me stop and think. Why would places that care for our health ban something we wear every day?
So I looked closer. I wanted to know what was really inside the word "fragrance." What I found shocked me. It made me sad. One word, "fragrance," could hide almost anything.
So I decided to build something different. A fragrance house that tells you the truth.
what the research shows
This isn't just my story. Rates of autoimmune disease, cancer, and infertility are higher today than in any generation before us. A big piece of that puzzle is what we put on our skin and breathe in every day. The average person is exposed to roughly 1,000 chemicals through everyday self-care products alone, many of them hidden behind a single word: "fragrance."
If it touches your skin, it enters your bloodstream. If it's in your bloodstream, it reaches every part of your body. If it interacts with your hormones, it can throw off the balance your body depends on. A 2022 review in the Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering looked at pollutants commonly found in perfumes and colognes and their effects on the people wearing them. This isn't fringe science. It's documented, and it's largely ignored by mainstream fragrance brands.
Before phermont, I spent years in healthcare research, studying how the body responds to what we put on it and in it. That work is what pushed me to stop asking only what causes harm and start asking what actually helps the body heal. So I studied natural perfumery and aromatherapy, essential oils, botanical absolutes, and CO2 extracts, and formulated every phermont scent from scratch.
a different standard
Every phermont scent lists what's really inside. No secrets. You deserve to know what you put on your skin.
made with intention
We make each scent in small batches in California. We go slow. We'd rather make five great scents than fifty fast ones.
pure + clean
We follow two rules, not one, because skin isn't one-size-fits-all.
The Clean Collection is built for sensitive skin. Instead of raw plant material, we lean on refined isolates and thoroughly researched synthetics, because fewer whole-plant compounds means fewer chances for your skin to react. The tradeoff works in your favor: these scents are also more long-lasting and diffusive, so you still get real projection without the extra risk.
The Pure Collection is built for those with less reactive skin who want to feel completely good about what's on it. These scents are made almost entirely from essential oils, absolutes, and resins, real botanical materials that naturally carry far more complex molecules than any single isolate ever could. That complexity is also why Pure scents wear closer to the skin: quieter, more intimate, a scent for you rather than the whole room.
Two paths, one promise: nothing hidden, and a real reason behind every choice.
our values
- Transparency
- Intention
- Quality
- Beauty
- Thoughtfulness