Taking Saigon home.

Three houses

34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, Thảo Điền

The first house, open since July 2022, across the Saigon River from the city centre, in An Khánh Ward. Until April 2022 it was a private home; its walls were opened into arches, and a glass room was later added at the entrance to let in the daylight. The house is kept quiet, so that a scent can be met slowly, and its rooms have held R Parfums’ scent exhibitions. It closes earlier than the two houses in Sài Gòn Ward: it is a house for the morning and the afternoon. 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu

42 Nguyễn Huệ, Level 2

Our own corner inside NOTE – The Scent Lab, in The Café Apartment building on Nguyễn Huệ Walking Street. Walk to number 42 and go up to Level 2; the team at the counter will open all six scents for you. It stays open late enough for a visit after dinner. A scent needs time on the skin before it shows its base: wear one here, walk the street, and decide on your way back. 42 Nguyễn Huệ

26 Lý Tự Trọng, Level 3

The newest of the three: our corner inside Saigon Scent Lab, in the same ward as Nguyễn Huệ, roughly 570 metres away as the crow flies. You can come over lunch or after dinner, so one evening can take in the two houses in Sài Gòn Ward. 26 Lý Tự Trọng

Opening hours for all three: The houses.

• Nguyễn Duy Hiệu34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, An Khánh Ward, Ho Chi Minh CityOpen daily · 8:00–18:00
• Nguyễn Huệ42 Nguyễn Huệ, Level 2, Sài Gòn Ward, Ho Chi Minh CityNOTE – The Scent Lab, Level 2Open daily · 9:00–22:00
• Lý Tự Trọng26 Lý Tự Trọng, Level 3, Sài Gòn Ward, Ho Chi Minh CitySaigon Scent Lab, Level 3Open daily · 10:00–21:30

Smelling them

At each house, all six scents stand open on the counter, from Eau de Hajime to Béton Chaud. Try them on paper first. Then choose one for your wrist, and see how it has changed by evening. A paper strip shows the opening; your skin shows the rest.

What to take home

• IEau de HajimeLike a first affection
• IIPluviophileA Rain Reverie
• IIINostalgic MarchA Memory in Bloom
• IV221BThe Reckless Dreamer
• VShadow ÉclatRadiant Darkness
• VIBéton ChaudWhere Summer Felt Like Freedom

• For the people waiting at home: the Discovery Set, five of the six scents in 2 ml vials: Eau de Hajime, Pluviophile, Nostalgic March, 221B and Béton Chaud. Shadow Éclat comes as a single 2 ml sample.
• For your own bag: the 12 ml, the size for a handbag or a trip, in a round dark brown case with R PARFUMS on the front. See the smaller sizes.
• To keep: a 50 ml bottle, in a dark brown box with R PARFUMS on the front, closed with a button and cord. Patina on Brass carries three pieces of brass, finished by hand, and no two plates are alike. At the house, pick one up and turn it under the light before you choose.
• Ceramic: Currently unavailable · expected back late November.

Vietnam, inside the bottle

Every bottle is made in Vietnam, and some of these stories began here.

• Nostalgic March comes from an old Hanoi custom: peeled sugarcane laid among pomelo blossoms until it took their scent, then eaten in the afternoon with tea. Its chapter reads one March day in the old quarter, top to base: Hàng Buồm in the early mist, the shade on Phan Đình Phùng, Hàng Đào under the lamps.
• The Patina plate began with relics in Huế, the old capital, streaked with moss and worn metal. The brass is the work of craftspeople in Vietnam, from the first wash to the moment the three pieces sit on the glass. Twelve months of research and development went into the line. How the Patina bottle is made
• The Ceramic cap is made at a ceramics studio in Vietnam: liquid clay poured into white moulds, each mouth cut one at a time, a glaze that goes on pink and comes out of the kiln in a colour that recalls Chu Đậu ware. Ceramic and fire

Flying home with it

On international flights, liquids in your cabin bag usually have to be in containers of 100 ml or less, about one litre in all, in a sealed bag. A 50 ml or a 12 ml bottle fits. Rules differ between airlines and airports, so check with yours before you fly.

Paying

Payment: Bank Transfer by VietQR (VND) or Credit Card (USD). A card issued abroad works: you are charged in US dollars, and the amount is shown before you confirm.

Order before you arrive, collect in town

You can order here before you land. At checkout, choose “Collect from one of our three houses”, then Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, Nguyễn Huệ or Lý Tự Trọng, and your bottle waits at the house you picked. A VietQR order is held for 60 minutes while the transfer arrives.

Bring your order number; it is in your confirmation email. For 42 Nguyễn Huệ or 26 Lý Tự Trọng, call us on +84 89 649 0038 before you come.

For your driver

Show these addresses as they are, in Vietnamese:

• 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu, Phường An Khánh, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh
• 42 Nguyễn Huệ, Phường Sài Gòn, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (toà The Café Apartment, tầng 2)
• 26 Lý Tự Trọng, Phường Sài Gòn, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh (lầu 3)

After you leave

We currently deliver within Vietnam only. In Taiwan, R Parfums is available through our official distributor, Taigrance (小台香), at 2F-3, No. 23, Sec. 3, Kangning Rd., Neihu Dist., Taipei City. Only the partners listed on our Stockists page are official R Parfums distributors; if you are buying somewhere else and are not sure, write to info@r-parfums.com.

With an afternoon to spare

Since 2022, R Parfums has held four scent exhibitions in Saigon and Hanoi; the Archive keeps their photographs, films and stories. In the Listening Room, Rei Nguyen’s readings from the two 2024 exhibitions, Pluviophile and Letters from 221B, can still be heard, most of them in Vietnamese and in English.