Coqui Coqui
Botanical memory of the Yucatán.
Coqui Coqui is a Mexican niche perfume house founded in 2003 by Nicolas Malleville and Francesca Bonato, built around the botanical landscape and colonial architecture of the Yucatán Peninsula. The couple opened their first perfumería in Valladolid, a small colonial city in Yucatán, blending local flora — copal, chukum bark, tropical resins — with classical perfumery techniques. The line now encompasses colognes, room sprays, and body products distributed through their boutiques in Valladolid, Mérida, Tulum, and Coba, each housed in restored historic buildings that function simultaneously as perfumeries and small hotels. Fragrances evoke specific Yucatecan landscapes and traditions: Copal, Tobacco & Bay Rum, and Coco Coco are among the most requested. The positioning is quietly ultra-niche, with distribution limited almost entirely to their own retail locations and a small online operation. Coqui Coqui has attracted significant international press attention as a destination brand, drawing travellers seeking an immersive sense of place encoded in a bottle.
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.
