Batch 001 · Manchester
The architecture
of scent
Four extraits drawn from the archive of a single city — small-batch, high-concentration, hand-filled in Manchester.
Not yet released. The archive opens to a small first list.
“Manchester doesn’t need to shout.”
The art of evolution
An intimate curation of rare, small-batch extraits
A narrative of place and time, developed in Manchester. High concentration, hand-filled in small runs, and finished with a geometric bee — the city's oldest mark, cut into facets.
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01 Manchester Art Gallery
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02 Handled like an exhibit
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03 St Peter's Square
The Archive
Four stories, one city
Each extrait is built from a single Manchester reference — a venue, a street, a woman, a discovery. Read them as catalogue entries.
- 01
Dançe
The Haçienda
Woody · Leather · Spicy
Dark, addictive, unapologetic
An unforgettable night in 1989. Leather jackets and dry ice, spilled citrus drinks, the bass still going through the floor. It opens metallic and sharp, then settles into the warmth of a crowd.
- Arrival
- Bergamot
- Heart
- Leather · Tobacco
- Legacy
- Patchouli Absolute · Dark Ambergris · Smoked Vetiver
- 02
NQ
The Northern Quarter
Spicy · Woody · Aromatic
Comforting, intellectual, textured
A Sunday morning walk past Victorian red brick, coffee roasters and record shops, in the rain. Warm dry spice over the smell of wet stone and aged woodwork.
- Arrival
- Green Cardamom · Bitter Orange · Roasted Coffee Bean
- Heart
- Papyrus · Nutmeg · Clove
- Legacy
- Damp Oakmoss · Cedarwood · Earthy Vetiver
- 03
Emmeline
Emmeline Pankhurst
Floral Oriental · Woody
An iron fist in a velvet glove
Regal defiance — not a sweet floral but a commanding one. Suffragette purple and green translated directly into rose, grounded into vanilla and sandalwood.
- Arrival
- Orange Blossom · Rose
- Heart
- White Musk · Jasmine
- Legacy
- Vanilla · Sandalwood
- 04
Graphene
The University of Manchester
Mineral · Molecular · Fresh
Cold, modern, precise
The isolation of the thinnest material on earth, rendered as scent. It smells cold to the nose — frosted glass, sharp steel, static electricity — and finishes on wet stone.
- Arrival
- Icy Aldehydes · White Grapefruit · Mint
- Heart
- Metallic Accord · Iso E Super · Ambroxan
- Legacy
- Oud · Petrichor
First release
The Archive: Discovery Set
A drawer box holding all four extraits in 2ml glass — the whole archive, in the order it was written. Made to be kept.
- Contents Four 2ml extraits — Dançe, NQ, Emmeline, Graphene
- Concentration Extrait de Parfum
- Assembly Hand-filled and stamped in Manchester
- Run Limited first batch
£25
Redeemable in full against your first 100ml bottle, £145. The archive is a way in, not an upsell.
Early access
The archive opens to a small list first
Leave an address and we'll write once when Batch 001 is ready — release date, the redemption terms, and first refusal on the discovery set. No other mail.