A modern maison, rooted in the East
CB16 Atelier composes fragrance the slow way — rare naturals, long macerations, and small batches signed by the hand that blended them.
Composed by hand, never by formula alone
Every CB16 composition begins on paper strips, not in software. Our perfumers work through dozens of trials before scent earns a numbers, and each accepted formula rest fo a minimum of twelve weeks before bottling.
We source oud from Assam, rose from Kannauj, jasmine from Grasse, and vetiver from Tamil Nadu — traceable to the distiller, harvest by harvest.
“A scent should feel like a memory you haven’t had yet.”
Founded in 2016, CB16 grew out of a private collection of attars kept for three generations. The house still follows the same rule it started with: if a composition cannot be made honestly at small scale, it is not made at all.
CB16 Atelier---- founder and head perfumer, akash and chandani
A decade in small batches
- 2016
The first flacon
CB16 begins as a two-person atelier in Mumbai, blending oud and jasmine in small batches.
- 2019
The Grasse partnership
A collaboration with a family distillery in grasse secures our rare naturals supply.
- 2022
The private collection
Numbered, limited-run flacons introduced for collectors and private clients.
- 2026
The house today
fourteen olfactive categories, still hand-composed, still bottled in batches under 100.
Begin your olfactive wardrobe
Explore the collection, or write to our concierge for a guided recommendation.