Maison Mona di Orio

Maison Mona di Orio was founded in 2004 by perfumer Mona di Orio and designer Jeroen Oude Sogtoen, with an Amsterdam atelier as its creative and commercial home. Mona di Orio studied under Master Perfumer Edmond Roudnitska - among the most distinguished training lineages in twentieth-century perfumery - and brought that rigorous classical foundation to a series of intensely crafted, often challenging compositions that rejected the sweetness and legibility of mainstream niche. Mona di Orio died unexpectedly in 2011 at the age of 42. Oude Sogtoen and Swedish perfumer Fredrik Dalman continued the Maison, developing new collections - most notably the Alinea series - that respected the house's demanding standards while charting their own direction. Dalman worked from the Amsterdam atelier and collaborated closely with Oude Sogtoen on briefs, maintaining the house's commitment to complex raw materials and uncompromising composition. In November 2024, Oude Sogtoen announced the permanent closure of Maison Mona di Orio, citing a need for renewal. The closure ends twenty years of operation and leaves a catalogue - Nuit Noire, Lux, Musc, Jabu, and others - widely regarded as one of the most significant bodies of work in twenty-first-century independent perfumery.