Pineward
Olfactory tributes to the forest.
Pineward is an American artisan perfume house founded in 2020 by Nicholas Nilsson, a self-taught perfumer based in Colorado who began experimenting with raw materials while studying genetics at Brigham Young University. The label launched with two compositions, Steading and Fanghorn, and quickly attracted a following among collectors of forest-themed and conifer-driven fragrances. The house's signature is an unusually serious treatment of pine, fir, resin, moss and smoke, often layered with cured tobacco or dry incense to evoke specific landscapes — alpine clearings, log cabins, frozen rivers. In 2021 Basenotes named Pineward Best Artisan Fragrance House in North America. Production remains small-batch, sold mainly through the brand's own site and a short list of indie-friendly retailers.
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.
