Commodity
Single-idea perfumery in three intensities.
Commodity began in 2013 as a Kickstarter-funded direct-to-consumer fragrance project, then collapsed and was rebuilt in 2019 by Vicken Arslanian, who refers to himself as the brand's re-founder. The current Commodity is built around a tiered system — Personal, Expressive and Bold concentrations of the same scent — designed to let wearers calibrate projection and longevity rather than choose between flankers. The collection trades in modern, minimalist single-idea names: Gold, Milk, Book, Moss, Paper, Tea. Compositions stay clean and cosmopolitan, owing more to the niche-adjacent department-store generation (Le Labo, Maison Margiela Replica) than to old-line French perfumery. Distribution has shifted from direct-to-consumer to Sephora and a Crosby Street flagship in New York. It suits a wearer who wants niche-style restraint and a clear concept without the niche price ladder.
Releases
DNA over time
Each column is an era. Each colored band shows that family’s share of accord weight across every perfume the house released in that window. Bigger band = the house leaned harder on that family.
