Story · since 2017
As far as the eye can see.
Saujana: as far as the eye can see. We chose the word because every bottle keeps one Indonesian landscape.
The beginning
Laksmi came home from Grasse with one question: why are some of the world's best oils distilled in Indonesia, while the perfumes made from them always tell stories about somewhere else?
She spent a season in Samarang, Garut, learning to distil vetiver from a family that had done it for three generations. The first three perfumes were born in her kitchen in Tebet.
Saujana still works the same way: buying directly, visiting the fields, and never hurrying.
The journey
- 2017
Laksmi composes the first three perfumes in her kitchen in Tebet. Akar sells out at a single market.
- 2018
First partnership: a vetiver distilling cooperative in Samarang, Garut.
- 2020
The Kemang atelier opens, with a perfume organ of 214 materials.
- 2022
Pala Banda and Kenanga complete the permanent collection at six perfumes.
- 2024
First scent for a space, for a boutique hotel in Ubud.
- 2026
Eleven distilling partners in ten provinces; refills for every perfume.
The people
Three people, one nose.
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Laksmi Pramesti
Founder & perfumer
Trained in composition in Grasse, then came home to Garut to learn distilling from vetiver growers. Composed all six Saujana perfumes.
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Bima Aditya Nugroho
Distillery partnerships
Visits our eleven distilling partners twice a year and tests every lot of oil before it reaches the atelier.
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Rani Hutagalung
Head of the atelier
Leads the Blend sessions and guides bespoke clients from the first sitting to the last bottle.
- 11
- distilling partners in 10 provinces
- 8
- weeks of maceration for every batch
- 300
- bottles per batch, filled by hand
- 22 %
- oil concentration, eau de parfum