Der Duft
German precision, artistic vision.
Der Duft was launched in 2020 by Anselm Skogstad, a German-American artist who trained in perfumery in Grasse before establishing this house as a vehicle for minimalist, quality-driven fragrance. The name is simply the German word for scent — a deliberate refusal of elaborate branding in favour of olfactory directness. Skogstad composes some fragrances himself and collaborates with accomplished external noses, including Miguel Matos and Anne-Sophie Behaghel, to expand the palette. The house's aesthetic is rooted in restraint: clean packaging, limited narrative overlay, and a belief that the fragrance itself should carry all the meaning. Compositions tend toward woody, aromatic, and abstract structures that reward attention without demanding it. Der Duft distributes through a small network of niche specialists and its own direct channel, maintaining a deliberately unhurried release pace. For collectors tired of story-led perfume marketing, the house offers a refreshing proposition: quiet excellence without performance.
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.
