Made in the open
Composed live on camera, so you see exactly how your scent comes together — nothing hidden behind a brand.
About us
A real bench, a real perfumer, a real family.
Studio Perfumers is a working atelier in Union City, New Jersey — ten years of practice, a master perfumer, and a scent wall of 580+ materials. Not a faceless brand. A place where your fragrance is actually made.
Our story
Ten years at the bench.
We started with a simple idea: fragrance should be personal, and you should be able to watch it being made.
Studio Perfumers is family-run. The bench is real, the scales are real, the 580+ materials on the wall are real — naturals, aroma molecules, and accords that John blends by hand for the person in front of him. Over ten years that's grown into 943+ client formulas, every one saved and reorderable.
We do it live on Whatnot because we've got nothing to hide behind — you see the scent composed on camera, for you, in real time. That's something a shelf brand simply can't claim.
Legacy, Scent & Lineage
John Catana.
John is a Master Perfumer who has developed thousands of perfumes across Studio Perfumers and Cielo Mystic.
Trained at Le Studio des Parfums in Paris, France, and apprenticed under a Master Perfumer with 30+ years at the bench — Studio Perfumers is an expression of that lineage.
Master PerfumerThousands of perfumes across Studio Perfumers & Cielo Mystic.
Trained in ParisLe Studio des Parfums — then apprenticed under a Master Perfumer of 30+ years.
HomeUnion City, New Jersey. Family-run.
What we believe
Real, hands-on, personal.
Saved forever
Your formula lives in our database permanently. Reorder it, resize it, or reformulate it whenever you like.
Made by hand
Every bottle is a formula built by hand, from a real bench, for a real person — not a batch off a line.
580+materials on the wall
943+client formulas saved
10 yrsat the bench
By handevery bottle, always
Ready to make yours?
Build a scent live on Whatnot, or come blend it in the studio the same day.