Slumberhouse
Dense, fruit-and-resin Portland indie, made by one perfumer.
Slumberhouse began in 2008 in Portland, Oregon, originally as a small Etsy operation run by Josh Lobb and a few collaborators producing fragrance, clothing, and art. Lobb is self-taught, and the other members eventually drifted off; the house has effectively been him alone for over a decade. The work is unmistakable. Lobb favours dense, almost edible compositions, pulped fruit, sticky resins, fermented honey, smoke, dark rose, that pull more from food and forest than from conventional perfumery references. Norne (a fir-and-incense monolith), Jeke (smoked plum), Pear+Olive, and Baque (raspberry, hay, tobacco) became cult landmarks of US indie perfumery in the early 2010s. He works with both naturals and synthetics and rejects the all-natural label. Releases are sporadic and frequently sell out within hours. The house suits collectors interested in maximalist, texture-driven compositions; almost nothing in the catalogue could be called subtle.
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.
