Sixteen92
Small-batch fragrance inspired by literature and lore.
Sixteen92 is an indie perfume house founded in 2014 by Claire Baxter and based in north Texas. The name nods to the year of the Salem witch trials, and the catalogue follows suit: small-batch fragrances built around literature, folklore, history and the occult, released in themed seasonal collections rather than a fixed permanent lineup. Baxter, a former advertising creative director, won the Art and Olfaction Award for Best Artisan Perfume and has built a devoted following on Basenotes and Reddit's perfume communities. Compositions tend toward atmospheric, character-driven scents — gothic florals, foggy woods, gourmand shadows — sold in oils and extraits at indie pricing. The house suits readers, collectors and anyone who treats a fragrance wardrobe as a shelf of short stories.
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.
