R Parfums · Independent perfume house · Saigon
A scent opens on your skin, layer by layer. The bottle keeps time as well: in brass that goes on turning in the air of your room, or in a glaze that carries the mark of its firing.
R Parfums is an independent fragrance house from Saigon, Vietnam. Rei Nguyen composes its six eaux de parfum, each in two 50 ml bottles: Patina on Brass, its plate corroded and polished by hand, and Ceramic, closed with a clay cap glazed and fired in a kiln. Smell all six at our three houses in Ho Chi Minh City, open every day.
About R ParfumsTwo clocks
Choose a moment. The first clock follows Pluviophile as it opens on skin. The second follows the brass plate on its bottle.
Clock one · on skin · Pluviophile
Green Leaves · Rain · Rhubarb
Rain has just reached the skin.
Clock two · on brass · Patina bottle
Fresh from the hand
Piece II has only begun to turn. No other plate carries quite the same marks.
Piece I keeps its brass. Piece III has turned completely. Piece II was set midway in its turn.
Perfumer’s memo
Pluviophile
“Pluviophile” means “a rain lover” in Greek.
One afternoon in Shinjuku Gyoen in Tokyo, I sat on a wooden bench and watched silver rain tremble across the lake. A cool wind carried the scent of wildflowers. Somewhere nearby, the bees were still humming.
Rain lovers know such simple joys. To be alone in the rain can also be a kind of happiness, can it not?
Contents
Six chapters, each beginning in a place and an hour: a park in Tokyo in the rain, a tea table in old Hanoi, a street that lives in a book.
50 ml · Incl. 8% VAT
Ceramic Currently unavailable · expected back late November
Two bottles
Same perfume, two bottles. What differs is the work on the glass.
Patina · 50 ml · six scents
Each piece of brass is corroded, filed and polished, then set on the glass: one left whole, one turned fully to patina, one caught midway. No two plates are alike.
From 4.212.000 ₫From US$170 · Incl. 8% VAT
The Patina collection
Ceramic · 50 ml · six scents
A clay cap, cast in a mould, trimmed and sponged smooth, glazed and fired; the kiln gives each its own shade. The charm is ceramic, engraved with R.
From 3.580.200 ₫From US$145 · Incl. 8% VATCurrently unavailable · expected back late November
The Ceramic collectionSmaller sizes
Incl. 8% VAT
| Scent | Patina 50 ml | Ceramic 50 mlCurrently unavailable · expected back late November |
|---|---|---|
| I Eau de Hajime | 4.536.000 ₫US$180 | 3.855.600 ₫US$155, Currently unavailable · expected back late November |
| II Pluviophile | 4.212.000 ₫US$170 | 3.580.200 ₫US$145, Currently unavailable · expected back late November |
| III Nostalgic March | 4.536.000 ₫US$180 | 3.855.600 ₫US$155, Currently unavailable · expected back late November |
| IV 221B | 4.860.000 ₫US$195 | 4.131.000 ₫US$165, Currently unavailable · expected back late November |
| V Shadow Éclat | 4.860.000 ₫US$195 | 4.131.000 ₫US$165, Currently unavailable · expected back late November |
| VI Béton Chaud | 4.860.000 ₫US$195 | 4.131.000 ₫US$165, Currently unavailable · expected back late November |
Delivery within Vietnam. Prices include VAT and are shown in US dollars or Vietnamese dong. Pay in US dollars by Credit Card, or in dong by Bank Transfer by VietQR. A VietQR order is held for 60 minutes while the transfer arrives.
All scents and bottlesCraft
Patina. The idea came from relics in Huế; twelve months of research and development went into the Patina line. On the bottle, the gold of the perfume, shining through the glass, holds the three pieces together. A UV-resistant coat slows the change; it does not stop it.
Ceramic. At the studio where our caps are made, liquid clay is poured into white moulds. Each sphere is trimmed, sponged smooth and left to dry, then brushed with a raw glaze that goes on pink, and fired. The true colour only shows once the cap comes out of the kiln.
The whole craft
Film · Series #1The Patina BottleThree pieces of brass, corroded, filed and set on the glass.Patina craft
Film · Series #3Ceramic and fireClay, mould, hands and kiln, from the first pour to the finished cap. 1:29 · silent.Ceramic craft
The Houses
Each house has all six scents to try on skin. Come and try them before you choose.
House I
R Space, Thảo Điền — An Khánh Ward
Daily 8:00 – 18:00
DirectionsHouse II
Level 2, Sài Gòn Ward
The Café Apartment building, inside NOTE – The Scent Lab
Daily 9:00 – 22:00
DirectionsHouse III
Level 3, Sài Gòn Ward
Inside Saigon Scent Lab
Daily 9:00 – 22:00
DirectionsWe currently deliver within Vietnam only. Visiting from abroad? Collect your order at any of our three houses. Questions before you come: +84 89 649 0038 · info@r-parfums.com
We currently deliver within Vietnam only. Visiting from abroad? Collect your order at any of our three houses. In Taiwan, R Parfums is available through our official distributor, Taigrance (小台香), in Taipei.
Visit the houses
“…I think that truly everybody can find a perfect smell for themselves.”
Archive · Films
Archive · 2022 to now
Exhibitions and scent evenings, from Pluviophile in 2024 to its second chapter in 2026.
Open the archiveFilms
Series #2 follows the first house, at 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, from a lived-in home to opening day. Five short clips from 2022 follow the first five scents.
All filmsOn skin, on brass, in the colour of kiln-fired glaze: time leaves a fingerprint.
