The Atelier
A private commission: your scent, your name on the bar, a formula we pour for you and no one else.
Most luxury soaps are made for everyone. The Atelier is a private, year-long partnership for the client who wants a bar formulated around their skin, their sensitivities, and the scents they actually live with.
Accepting private commissions
A Commission in Three Acts
The Atelier is a guided process. It runs from the first conversation about your skin to the moment your named bars arrive at your door.
The Scent Architecture
We begin with a conversation, not a questionnaire. You are the authority on your own skin. You tell us what has always worked and what has never agreed with you. What you reach for without thinking. The textures that feel right, the scents that belong in your home.
We take all of that and translate it into craft. A bespoke tailor does not tell you what suits you. They listen, ask the right questions, and then build. Your fragrance direction, your preferred oils, and your sensitivities are all noted before we write a single formula.
Before we touch the studio, you receive a Scent Architect Kit: vials of the raw essential oils shortlisted from your conversation. You live with them for a few days. You tell us which ones feel right. Then we pour.
The Private Pour
We dedicate the studio to your formulation: nothing else on the bench, nothing else in the mold. Your 20 full-size bars arrive across three deliveries, spread through the year so your supply never runs low:
- Opening Pour6 bars: your first introduction to the formula, delivered within 6–8 weeks of your consultation
- Mid-Year Pour7 bars: refined from your feedback on the first pour, delivered at the halfway mark
- Closing Pour7 bars: your year-end reserve, poured fresh before the commission renews
Your name is stamped into every bar. Your formula is sealed in our records and never poured for another client. Not a variation. Not a similar scent. Yours, exclusively.
Your commission also includes a Framed Recipe: your exact formula printed and framed, with the oils, botanicals, and ratios that define it. Something to keep, and something worth displaying.
The Seasonal Guardian
While your private bars cure, a process that takes four to six weeks at peak, you do not go without. Atelier clients receive all four of our seasonal drops, automatically, as they release:
- Spring Garden Sanctuary: botanical detox, clay draw
- Summer Himalayan Retreat: mineral polish, toning actives
- Autumn Wild Rose: restoration, dense barrier oils
- WinterVintner's Reserve: deep nourishment, aged botanicals
The Master Distiller's Guarantee
If your custom formulation does not cure to your exact skin-feel preference (the lather, the finish, the texture), we re-batch it. No charge. No argument. Once.
It exists because we stand behind every formula we put your name on.
- →Scent Architect Kit
Raw essential oil vials for pre-pour testing on your skin
- →20 Private-Label Bars
Three deliveries across the year: 6, then 7, then 7. Your name stamped. Your formula sealed.
- →Four Seasonal Drops
Delivered automatically across the year: Garden, Himalayan, Wild Rose, Vintner's
- →Hand-Crafted Ceramic Soap Dish
Arrives with your first shipment. Made to display a bar, not drown it.
- →Framed Recipe
Your formula (the oils, botanicals, and ratios that make it yours) printed and framed. Something worth hanging up.
- →Mid-Year Refinement + Annual Review
Your feedback after the Opening Pour shapes the Mid-Year Pour. Your year-end review sets the formula for year two.
What the Commission Includes
Twenty private-label bars across three pours, the Scent Architect Kit, all four seasonal drops, the ceramic dish, the framed recipe, and a mid-year reformulation from your feedback. One payment covers the full year.
Accepting private commissions
Studio Sessions & Corporate Retreats
We open the studio for private groups of up to 12: corporate teams, bridal parties, and curated gatherings. Each session is a hands-on formulation experience guided by our lead soapmaker.
Every guest leaves with bars they made themselves. Complete the form and we will respond within 3–5 business days with availability and a tailored proposal.
Request a Studio Session:
Need 50+ bars for your brand or event?
Our commercial commission program is designed for hotels, spas, boutiques, and event planners who need artisan quality at scale. Minimum 50 bars, fully custom scent and label.
Request Your Commission
Tell us about your skin and what you are looking for. We review every application personally and respond within 3–5 business days. The initial consultation is complimentary; there is no commitment until you decide this is the right fit.