Parfums Karmic Hues
Fragrances as karmic guides.
Parfums Karmic Hues, founded in the United States in 2020 by the duo Gagen and Srivathsa, situates fragrance within a framework of spiritual intention and holistic consciousness. The house approaches scent creation as a form of energy work — each composition designed to evoke specific emotional or spiritual states, drawing on traditions of Indian aromatics and contemporary natural perfumery in equal measure. Founder Srivathsa's perfumery work integrates subcontinental fragrance traditions — sandalwood, vetiver, jasmine, attars — into a Western niche format, creating a distinctive voice that stands apart from both mainstream American niche and the broader Indian fragrance market. The house emphasizes natural and naturalistic materials, positioning fragrance as a tool for inner alignment and mindful practice. In the wellness-inflected American niche market of the early 2020s, Parfums Karmic Hues articulates a coherent identity grounded in genuine cultural knowledge rather than surface-level exoticism.
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.
