Fragrance house

Urban scent

Founded in Berlin in 2014 by Marie Urban Le Febvre and Alexander Urban, Urban Scents was developed from their shared interest in flying and perfume art, combining Parisian perfumery heritage with Berlin’s multicultural creative context. Marie Urban Le Febvre trained in chemistry and at the ISIPCA perfumery school in Versailles before working with international fragrance houses; she is the brand’s perfumer-creator. Alexander Urban brought experience from Estée Lauder, IFF, Givaudan, and Takasago, with a focus on international and B2B development. The brand launched in December 2014 from the back of Alexander Urban’s Berlin gallery, initially presenting five fragrances and three candles, including Lost Paradise, an homage to the 1980s. Its work also encompasses custom scent creation, artist collaborations, exhibition aromas, and science- and research-related fragrance projects. Urban Scents emphasizes transparency, creativity, quality, and European production, creating its scents in Berlin and blending perfume oils in Grasse. It is currently identified as a brand of Essense Deutschland GmbH.