Founder of Brooklyn Perfume Company James Peterson remembers the smell of his mother’s Vol de Nuit, especially after it had mostly worn off when she got home from her many late-night parties. In the early-morning hours, she gave him a kiss good night, surrounded by a shroud of natural musk
Originally from Northern California, Jim conquered the culinary world as a seven-time James Beard Award-winning chef and food writer. Not resting on his laurels, he took up perfumery in his Brooklyn studio in 2011. His experiences in Paris’s finest restaurants and his time studying chemistry at Berkeley, only reinforced James’s innate fascination with olfactory pleasure.
Today, Brooklyn Perfume Company offers four eaux de parfum: Musk, Amber, Sandalwood, and Oud. They are eccentric, idiosyncratic, and often animalistic, recalling notes of distilled amber jewellery, tobacco, and leather. BPC also produces a line of green and refreshing eaux fraîches. Each is named after the purely natural product it contains Vetiver, Galbanum, Violet Leaf, and Neroli. Reviving after a shower or at the end of a long day, these fleeting aromas are not only fresh and beautiful by themselves, but can be layered to create a truly original and personal aura.
Consistent with his taste for the finer things in life, James makes Brooklyn Perfume Company’s parfums and eaux fraîches with premium and often rare ingredients. His commitment to the very best and his penchant for extravagance ensure that Brooklyn Perfume Company uses whatever is needed to make its luxurious perfumes. These complex and beguiling scents reveal the hand of a lone committed craftsman working to create a thing of beauty.