Créateur d'ambiance
The KUKUI brand
Our fragrances tell stories. Stories that move us, even if we have never experienced them ourselves. Carefully composed, our creations bring new worlds to life through the senses.
This is the essence of our work.
Our mission
A world where senses reign
We want to make the world a more sensual place. More inspiring, more aesthetic, more imaginative.
With our unique creations, we open the door to the realm of scents and let people experience something fascinating. Because our fragrances are pure magic: they bring back memories, they bring back childhood moments, they stimulate the imagination and play with the senses.
Creating fragrances means creating worlds
« With our room fragrances, we prepare the way for people into the fascinating world of scents.
We make the most emotional memories of life sensually tangible.
We create moods and emotions, create worlds of experience that give rise to unforgettable images and lasting impressions.
Because our fragrances can do more than smell:
They tell stories. »
Anna Portmann
Founder & Maître créateur
Design & function
Design must be useful
We demand a lot from our products. That’s why we invest a lot of time in developing solutions that we can be proud of.
We love the way the design of our products purely and stylishly conveys our claim. But we can’t rest on that. Because for us, design and function are a combination that stands above all else.
Our amber-brown flacons, for example, protect the fragrance from light and degradation. The lids of our scented candles preserve the fragrance and protect it from dust. They can also be used to extinguish the candle without smoke impairing the fragrance. And the bottles of the fragrance diffusers can also be resealed after only partial use and reused later.
Designed with thought and a delight for the eye – this is how our design philosophy could be summed up.
Our story starts early
Our founder Anna discovered the mysterious world of scents as a child.
The earthy smell of the greenhouses she strode through or the sweet notes of pastries cooling in her grandfather’s warm bakery. The scent of freshly cut grass or a summer day at the seaside – Anna preserves scent memories as others keep photo albums.
And she has cultivated the special ability to use impressions and experiences as inspiration for fragrances and to interpret them in a finely nuanced way. This is the idea behind KUKUI fragrances, whose invisible power fills rooms with moods.
They turn a neutral ambience into a world where people feel at home in an almost magical way, where their spirit is inspired. Whether it’s a private home, hotel or boutique, our creations have been known for transforming spaces into individual fragrance landscapes since our founding in 2012.
Sustainability
Homage to nature
Our creations are inspired by nature and made from its treasures. That is why we also take responsibility for nature and act sustainably.
We value the people who work with us and for us. And that is why we focus on long-term relationships and fair and transparent dealings. The independence of a company owned by its founders makes it possible for us to consistently live up to this claim. That is why we cherish this independence.
Our name is pure nature
Even the name KUKUI is not an artificial product. Quite the opposite.
It comes from the Hawaiian tree of the same name, whose broad crown bears nuts that contain valuable oils with particularly nurturing properties. Thus, this beautiful name inspires us again and again to see the precious essences of nature as the starting point for our creations and to respect nature. It is the source of our aromas, it provides us with what makes our creations special.
For fragrances that make people happy, there could be no more beautiful symbol than the KUKUI nut. For it is traditionally often used as a piece of jewellery in the form of a necklace or given as a lucky charm.
