Megève

Morning light spills across the snow, and the cold air carries pine straight down from the peaks.

Bright citrus and a touch of cardamom sparkle like sun on frost, while sage and violet leaf bring a green, herbal calm, like crisp mountain air on a clear day. Underneath, cedarwood and earthy vetiver settle in slowly, warm and smoky, like leather gloves drying by a crackling fire. The mood shifts from bracing and clear to calm and grounded, the way a chalet feels after coming in from the cold. Frost outside, warmth within: alpine, herbal, and timeless, made for still winter mornings and long evenings by the hearth.

Rock Caps are cut from natural Spanish stone. Because each stone is one of a kind, veining, color, and shape will vary from the image shown and from bottle to bottle.

• Frank Voelkl

Vacanza is the work of Jonathan Keren, who spent roughly fifteen years in the American beauty industry before relocating to Amsterdam to build a perfume house of his own. His premise was almost travel-agency simple: a fragrance should be able to stand in for a departure. Partnering with the acclaimed perfumer Frank Voelkl, Keren shaped a debut trio that treats a sunlit coast, a quiet temple garden, and a snowbound chalet less as places to describe than as moods to slip into.

Their signature is literal: every bottle is topped with a cap cut from Spanish stone, no two alike, that turns into a small diffuser once misted, letting the scent settle into a room. Cruelty-free and made in Spain, the fragrances are built to be worn alone or layered at will.