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I · The first house

34 Nguyễn
Duy Hiệu.

R Parfums’ first house is at 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, An Khánh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, across the Saigon River from the city centre. It is open every day, 8:00 to 18:00. Here you can try all six scents on skin and collect an order placed online.

Get directionsCall +84 89 649 0038Collect an online order here
The R PARFUMS name carved into the plaster wall at 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, lit from below, with strips of linen hanging above
The carved name.

R Parfums · 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu

At a glance

Address
R Space, 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, An Khánh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City
Opening hours
Monday8:00–18:00
Tuesday8:00–18:00
Wednesday8:00–18:00
Thursday8:00–18:00
Friday8:00–18:00
Saturday8:00–18:00
Sunday8:00–18:00
Open every day, weekends included.
In the house
All six scents to try on skin · online orders to collect
Phone
+84 89 649 0038
Email
info@r-parfums.com
Inside the glass room at the entrance: trailing plants hang over the black-framed panes
The glass room at the entrance.

Since July 2022

A house in a quiet neighbourhood

R Parfums opened the house at 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu in July 2022, in a part of the city where life moves a little more slowly.

“Never intended to be a traditional boutique.”

Over the years it has changed only by degrees. A glass room was added at the entrance to let in the daylight, and greenery was brought in to soften the air. Nothing here chases a trend. The house is kept quiet, so that a scent can be met slowly.

Its rooms have also held R Parfums’ scent exhibitions.

How the house was made, 2022

April – July 2022

From a house to a showroom

Before it held a single bottle, 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu was a private house, with louvred wooden shutters and a staircase rail of turned timber. Work began in April 2022. Walls were opened into arches, the rooms were taken back to bare plaster, and the name went up in letters on raw concrete. Three months later, the house opened.

BeforeBefore: louvred wooden shutters open onto trees and a gate beyond, in the house as it was before the work began
The house as it was: wooden shutters onto the trees. 2022.
AfterAfter: the rebuilt house seen from the courtyard, two white storeys with square columns, black iron balconies, arched doors and palm-leaf ceiling fans
Columns, iron balconies and arches, nearly finished. 2022.

The work, in order

  1. An old arched opening widened through a cream wall, the cut edges still raw grey render, with crosses sprayed on the wall beside it
    Openings marked, an arch cut wider.
  2. Looking down from the upper floor into the courtyard: white walls with arched openings, arch frames waiting to be fitted, sand and rubble on the ground
    The courtyard, its arches waiting for frames.
  3. Metal letters spelling PARFUMS fixed to a panel of raw concrete, beside a white arched doorway opening onto greenery
    The name goes up, on raw concrete.
  4. A bare white room with tall arched windows of slim metal frames, trees beyond, and a figure in the distance
    The arched windows go in.
  5. The front room nearly finished: a black ceiling edged with timber slats and spotlights, a carved wooden door under an arch, a pale wooden counter and scaffolding still standing
    Timber, light and the carved door, almost there.
Film · 0:41 · with music · press play

The dates, as they were filmed

  1. The house as it was.
  2. The walls come down.
  3. Work inside: the signs, the curved stair, the lamps.
  4. The house opens.

In the film: the house as it was, the walls coming down, the stair taking shape, the arched front finished, the garden and the R sign, linen under the ceiling and Patina bottles under glass bells, and last, the metal R PARFUMS sign among the leaves.

In these rooms

What has happened here

Exhibitions, installations and small openings have filled the house in turn, each shown to a deliberately small audience.

  • A visitor stands among hanging threads of light during the Pluviophile exhibition, the carved R Parfums name on the wall behind

    Pluviophile – The Rain Lover

    An exhibition by perfumer Rei Nguyen about people who love the rain: damp earth, heavy air and the memory of Saigon’s rainy season, told in scent.

    Open the record →The scent: Pluviophile
  • A visitor reads among hundreds of hanging letters and notes, lit red, at Letters from 221B Baker Street: Scents of Shadow

    Letters from 221B Baker Street: Scents of Shadow

    Storytelling and scent, joined in a mystery inspired by Sherlock Holmes, with visitors following the trail by scent.

    Open the record →The scent: 221B
  • Window shelves at 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu set for A Batch of Tasting Notes, with flowers, bottles and boxes against the daylight

    A Batch of Tasting Notes

    An installation that set scent beside the art of living, so that what you saw and what you smelled were read together.

    Open the Archive →
  • Red, blue and clear glass raindrops hanging on threads, in daylight

    Pluviophile – Chapter 2

    Open the record →
All Journal entries

When you visit

At this house, you can

Smell all six

All six are here to smell, from Eau de Hajime to Béton Chaud. Take your time: try one on your skin, and see where it has gone by evening.

Patina 50 ml from 4.212.000 ₫ · Ceramic 50 ml from 3.580.200 ₫ · 12 ml from 1.069.200 ₫ · 2 ml sample from 194.400 ₫Patina 50 ml from US$170 · Ceramic 50 ml from US$145 · 12 ml from US$45 · 2 ml sample from US$8 · Incl. 8% VATCeramic is expected at the houses in late November.

  • Ink drawing for Eau de HajimeEau de HajimeChypre Floral · Like a first affection
    Top
    Petitgrain · Pear · Bergamot
    Middle
    Rose · Sambac Jasmine · Narcissus
    Base
    Patchouli · Labdanum Resin · Oakmoss · Amber
    Read the chapter: Eau de Hajime
  • Ink drawing for PluviophilePluviophileGreen · A Rain Reverie
    Top
    Green Leaves · Rain · Rhubarb
    Middle
    Violet Leaf · Ylang-Ylang · Bluebell
    Base
    Musk · Anise · Clove
    Read the chapter: Pluviophile
  • Ink drawing for Nostalgic MarchNostalgic MarchFloral Fruity · A Memory in Bloom
    Top
    Pomelo Blossom · Sugarcane · Raspberry
    Middle
    Magnolia · Tea · Lily of the Valley
    Base
    Sandalwood · Orris · Musk · Vetiver
    Read the chapter: Nostalgic March
  • Ink drawing for 221B221BWoody Leather · The Reckless Dreamer
    Top
    Green Mandarin · Lemon · Blackcurrant
    Middle
    Osmanthus Absolute · Geranium · Rose
    Base
    Birch Tar · Ambrette Seed · Leather · Peru Balsam · Tobacco
    Read the chapter: 221B
  • Ink drawing for Shadow ÉclatShadow ÉclatModern Leather · Radiant Darkness
    Top
    Green Mandarin · Ozone · Magnolia
    Middle
    Geranium · Rose · Iris · Osmanthus Absolute
    Base
    Immortelle Absolute · Black Pepper · Suede Leather
    Read the chapter: Shadow Éclat
  • Ink drawing for Béton ChaudBéton ChaudSpicy Amber · Where Summer Felt Like Freedom
    Top
    Juicy Peach · Sweet Orange · Pink Grapefruit
    Middle
    Cumin · Caramel · Damask Rose
    Base
    Cinnamon · Star Anise · Frankincense · Cardamom · Vanilla
    Read the chapter: Béton Chaud
All six scents

The two bottles

Close-up of two patina pieces: blue-green grain against a brass edge

Patina on Brass

Turn it under the light

Three pieces of brass, finished by hand.

The Patina collectionHow the brass plate is made
Hands holding a Ceramic bottle on linen

Ceramic

The ceramic cap, from late November

A round ceramic cap, glazed and fired in a kiln. Ceramic is expected at the houses in late November.

The Ceramic collectionHow the clay cap is made

Collect your order at Nguyễn Duy Hiệu

Order on the site, choose collection at checkout, and your bottle waits for you here.

Online payment · Bank Transfer by VietQR (VND) or Credit Card (USD)

  1. OrderAdd your bottle to your bag. At checkout, choose ‘Collect from one of our three houses’, then Nguyễn Duy Hiệu.
  2. PayIn VND by VietQR: we hold the order for 60 minutes while the transfer arrives. In USD by credit card: the amount in USD is shown before you pay.
  3. CollectAny day between 8:00 and 18:00, show your confirmation email or tell us your order number; we check your name and the last four digits of your phone number against the order.
Choose a scentGo to your bag

On the shelf

Take a bottle with you

The six scents are sold at this house. This is what is on the shelf, from our stock records.

Coming for one particular size? Call +84 89 649 0038 and we check the shelf.

Bottles on the shelf at 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu
ScentPatina 50 ml12 ml2 ml
Eau de Hajime13148
Pluviophile227none today
Nostalgic March113144
221B32817
Shadow Éclat3927
Béton Chaud74046
Discovery Set
4

The count may lag behind the shelf.

Photographs and short films

The house in pictures

  • Linen panels hang low from the ceiling in front of a tall wooden double door with square panels and an arched top; lit wooden shelves on either side, a low display table in front
    The linen ceiling and the arched wooden door
  • The finished hall, still empty: arched glass doors, arched shelves set into the wall, a slatted wooden ceiling with spotlights, a stone staircase with a wooden handrail, a round relief on the back wall
    The hall is finished and still empty, waiting for opening day.
  • A Pluviophile Patina bottle on a clear acrylic block, its brass plate patinated green and brown, in front of a card listing the scent’s notes
    The counter where you can smell Pluviophile
  • Three small glass vials with black caps, labels facing out, and in front of them a brass name plate reading ‘Pluviophile’
    Three raw materials set out at the Pluviophile counter: Hedione, Floralozone, Geosmin
  • Panels of linen hang in overlapping layers from the ceiling above a pale plaster wall cut with the letters R PARFUMS; below, a long wooden console table
    R PARFUMS carved into the wall, beneath a linen ceiling
  • Black shelves of orange R PARFUMS bags and boxes set into a tall arched window, a scent poster leaning in front
    Arched windows, and orange boxes waiting on the shelves.
  • Glass drops hang among fine threads in blue and violet light during the Pluviophile exhibition
    Pluviophile, July 2024: glass drops among the threads.
  • A tangled metal sculpture lit amber, surrounded by hanging letters, at Letters from 221B Baker Street: Scents of Shadow
    Letters from 221B Baker Street, December 2024.

Visitors

Guests at the house

Here a scent is read as well as worn: beside the bottles, printed posters tell the story behind each one. We do not name the guests in these photographs.

  • The front room with no one in it: a carved wooden arched door, linen hanging from the ceiling, bottles under glass on dark display stands, an orange story poster for Béton Chaud, and a pink rose out of focus in the foreground
    The front room, empty and quiet.
  • Close-up of hands: a bottle is sprayed onto a guest’s wrist
    A first spray, on the wrist.
  • A guest in a patterned slip dress, arms folded, beside the orange story poster for Béton Chaud
    Béton Chaud, read before it is worn.
  • Two guests by the olive-green story poster for Nostalgic March, bottles and glazed bowls on the table in front of them
    Two guests by the Nostalgic March poster.
Filmed at 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu on , in front of the carved R PARFUMS wall · with sound · captions in English and Vietnamese

A guest, in her own words

“Your perfumes are very unique and you have a nice choice for everybody, so I think that truly everybody can find a perfect smell for themselves.”

Ivana, a guest at 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, January 2025

Ivana first came across R Parfums at a presentation held at the Regent hotel on Phú Quốc island. Her favourite is Eau de Hajime, ‘the first original one’.

The scent: Eau de Hajime
Schematic map: R Parfums at 34 Nguyễn Duy HiệuNguyễn Duy Hiệu street crosses the map. A pin marks number 34, R Parfums. Coordinates 10.8024683 N, 106.735006 E. Schematic: not to scale, not oriented to north.NGUYỄN DUY HIỆU34 Nguyễn Duy HiệuR PARFUMS · AN KHÁNH WARDopen every day, 8:00–18:0010.8024683° N · 106.735006° E · schematic, not to scale
Schematic map · coordinates from the house’s Google Maps pin

Finding the house

Getting there

Give your driver the address below, or show them the card in Vietnamese. The house closes at 18:00, earlier than our two houses in Sài Gòn Ward: it is a house for the morning and the afternoon.

Address
R Space, 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, An Khánh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City
In Vietnamese
34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, Phường An Khánh, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
Show the address for your driver
Vui lòng chở tôi tới34 Nguyễn Duy HiệuPhường An Khánh, Thành phố Hồ Chí MinhR Parfums
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The Houses

Our other two houses

Outside Vietnam? Our official distributor in Taiwan is Taigrance (小台香), Taipei. Stockists

Questions

Before you visit Nguyễn Duy Hiệu

  • When is the house open, and do I need to book?

    Every day from 8:00 to 18:00, weekends included. To check before you set out, call +84 89 649 0038.

  • Can I smell every scent before I buy?

    Yes. All six are open to try on skin: Eau de Hajime, Pluviophile, Nostalgic March, 221B, Shadow Éclat and Béton Chaud. Ceramic is expected at the houses in late November.

  • Can I collect an online order here?

    Yes. At checkout, choose ‘Collect from one of our three houses’, then Nguyễn Duy Hiệu. Pay by VietQR in VND or by credit card in USD. A VietQR order is held for 60 minutes while the transfer arrives.

  • Where exactly is the house?

    At R Space, 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, Thảo Điền — An Khánh Ward, Ho Chi Minh City, across the Saigon River from the city centre. On Google Maps it is listed as R PARFUMS; the pin sits at 10.8024683, 106.735006.

  • How can I pay at the house?

    Online orders are paid by VietQR in VND or by credit card in USD.

  • Do you deliver outside Vietnam?

    We currently deliver within Vietnam only. Visiting from abroad? Collect your order here or at either of our other two houses. In Taiwan, R Parfums is available through our official distributor, Taigrance (小台香), in Taipei.

Come by

R Parfums · Nguyễn Duy HiệuR Space, 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, An Khánh Ward, Ho Chi Minh CityOpen daily · 8:00–18:00

Phone+84 89 649 0038Emailinfo@r-parfums.com

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