Made to Resonate

Karturah

Fragrance that stays with you. A story that becomes your own.

Bags and purses

Cut and stitched on Clipper Mill Road. Pick the hide, the hardware, the lining and the strap, and we build yours from there.

Sillage

The part of a scent that stays in a room after you have left it. Every formula here is built for that last hour.

Karturah perfume, filled with golden fragrance, with a black and gold labelKarturah / Made to Resonate

Fragrance, with feeling

A presence.
A memory.
A resonance.

A beautiful fragrance doesn’t simply sit on your skin. It can remind you of a person, a season, a place or even a version of yourself you had almost forgotten.

Explore the fragrances

Perfumes, three sizes each

Blended in small runs and rested for six weeks before bottling. The 15 ml is refillable at the studio, so you can live with a scent before committing to a full bottle. Notes are listed the way a perfumer reads them: what you meet first, what settles, what stays.

Harmattan

Eau de parfum

$2.90 per ml

$145

Built for the dry months, when the air goes thin and cold after dark.

TopBergamot, cardamom, dry grass
HeartIris, jasmine sambac
BaseVetiver, cedar, ambrette

Ìlù

Eau de parfum

$3.70 per ml

$185

Loud on purpose. Two sprays is a decision, not an accident.

TopPink pepper, mandarin
HeartTuberose, saffron
BaseOud, benzoin, leather

Kola Noir

Eau de parfum

$3.16 per ml

$158

Bitter at the open, sweet by the third hour. Our most worn scent.

TopBlack pepper, lime peel
HeartKola nut, tobacco leaf
BaseAmber, tonka, vanilla

Bags and purses, built to order

Nine pieces leave the bench each month, numbered inside the seam. Choose the hide, the hardware, the lining and the strap below and the price updates as you go. Nothing is cut until you order.

Adé Tote

Carries a laptop flat, a folder, and a 100 ml bottle without slumping.

34 × 28 × 12 cm · Made to order, about three weeks

Leather
LeatherEvery hide is cut from the same tannery run, so colour holds across a set.
Hardware
HardwareBrass is left unplated and will darken. The others stay as they arrive.
Lining
LiningUnlined shows the raw flesh side of the hide and breaks in faster.
Strap
StrapStraps are removable. You can add a second one later at any time.

Up to 3 letters, foil-stamped inside the top edge. Adds $40 and one week.

Black calf, Brushed brass, unlined lining, Top handle only

Ọ̀nà Shoulder

Sits high on the body. The chain shortens with a hidden clasp inside the seam.

26 × 18 × 8 cm · Made to order, about three weeks

Leather
LeatherEvery hide is cut from the same tannery run, so colour holds across a set.
Hardware
HardwareBrass is left unplated and will darken. The others stay as they arrive.
Lining
LiningUnlined shows the raw flesh side of the hide and breaks in faster.
Strap
StrapStraps are removable. You can add a second one later at any time.

Up to 3 letters, foil-stamped inside the top edge. Adds $40 and one week.

Black calf, Brushed brass, unlined lining, Top handle only

Ìmọ̀ Clutch

Flat enough to sit under an arm, deep enough for a phone and a card case.

24 × 14 × 4 cm · Made to order, about two weeks

Leather
LeatherEvery hide is cut from the same tannery run, so colour holds across a set.
Hardware
HardwareBrass is left unplated and will darken. The others stay as they arrive.
Lining
LiningUnlined shows the raw flesh side of the hide and breaks in faster.
Strap
StrapStraps are removable. You can add a second one later at any time.

Up to 3 letters, foil-stamped inside the top edge. Adds $40 and one week.

Black calf, Brushed brass, unlined lining, Top handle only

Èkó Coin Purse

One seam, one zip, no lining. The offcut piece, and the one we carry most.

12 × 9 × 2 cm · Usually in stock

Leather
LeatherEvery hide is cut from the same tannery run, so colour holds across a set.
Hardware
HardwareBrass is left unplated and will darken. The others stay as they arrive.

Up to 3 letters, foil-stamped inside the top edge. Adds $25 and one week.

Black calf, Brushed brass

The world of Karturah

A story still
unfolding.

It carries something from the little girl who watched her father run his businesses.

Something from the student with many dreams.

And something from the woman I have become through all of it.

The journey to Karturah
The Karturah Fragrance Bar, with a white canopy, gold rail and illuminated brand panel
Karturah Fragrance BarBehind the brand
Karturah — fragrance and leather, Baltimore