The Boy

Late afternoon at a sun-warmed pool, citrus tea sweats in a tall glass while guava and passion fruit drip over crushed ice.

Lavender and iris drift in from a shaded room, softening the edges as rose petals cling to damp skin. As the light drops, cedar boards heat under bare feet, tobacco curls from somewhere just out of sight, and a feral musk hums beneath it all. Relaxed but charged, it moves from sparkling play to something slower and more suggestive, made for hot days that blur into heavy nights.

Notes: Lemon Iced Tea, Guava, Passion Fruit, Hyssop, Lavender, Iris, Rose, Cedar, Tobacco, Vetiver, Treemoss, Primal Musk

Clandestine Laboratories is an underground, artisanal fragrance house based in New York City, born from perfumer Mark Sage’s obsessive, experimental approach to scent.

Blending small-batch, hand-mixed compositions that are natural-smelling yet deliberately unfamiliar, the brand focuses on fragrances that feel effortlessly wearable while still leaving a quietly addictive impression. Rooted in a “clandestine” ethos of intentional obscurity and word‑of‑mouth discovery, it invites fragrance lovers into a world where niche-level quality, meticulous ingredient choices, and a wry, artistic sensibility meet in perfumes made to be lived in, not just admired from afar.

• Mark Sage