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Porcelana

Petitgrain Paraguay · Lily-of-the-Valley · Oakmoss

A soft white floral fragrance with notes of Citrus, Lily of the Valley and Amber Woods, for woman and men.

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EAU DE PARFUM

Porcelana

Petitgrain Paraguay · Lily-of-the-Valley · Oakmoss

A soft white floral fragrance with notes of Citrus, Lily of the Valley and Amber Woods, for woman and men.

Try the fragrance first

Every 60ml bottle ships with a matching sample. Wear it first — open the porcelain when you're ready.

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Complimentary gift

On orders over R3,000

Two complimentary samples

Included with every order

Small batch handmade

Made in South Africa

Complimentary shipping

Orders over R1,500

Each vessel varies slightly in colour and surface. Porcelain made by hand is not made the same way twice.

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Complimentary gift

On orders over R3,000
Every order over R3,000 includes a gift from the studio, chosen by you at checkout. The selection changes through the year: seasonal editions such as Easter eggs and festive baubles, the 10 ml travel fragrances, to name a few.
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Two complimentary samples

Two complimentary samples

Included with every order
Every order includes two fragrance samples, chosen by you at checkout. Any two from the collection, a way to meet what you haven't worn yet.
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Small batch handmade

Small batch handmade

Made in South Africa
Every Sir Jacobs porcelain vessel is made by hand in our Johannesburg studio. Slip cast, fettled, fired to 1220°C. No two pieces are identical; subtle variation in surface and tone is the evidence of genuine craft, not a flaw to be corrected. What you receive has been made, not manufactured.
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Complimentary shipping

Complimentary shipping

Orders over R1,500
Orders over R1,500 ship complimentary across South Africa.  For orders under R1,500, standard shipping rates apply at checkout.
Petitgrain Paraguay Lily of the Valley Amber Wood

Petitgrain ParaguayLily of the ValleyAmber Wood

Olfactory notes

The composition.

Porcelana opens with lemon, bergamot and petitgrain Paraguay, citrus with a green, leafy edge. A luminous white-floral heart follows: jasmine, orange blossom and lily of the valley in quiet accord. Amber wood, musk, oakmoss and cedarwood settle beneath, clean and enduring, like glazed porcelain catching the light.

How it wears

Petitgrain, lily of the valley and amber wood, the notes of Porcelana

I  ·  First spray

The opening

Lemon and bergamot arrive first, with petitgrain Paraguay lending its green, leafy bitterness. The opening is bright but composed, citrus with restraint.

II  ·  The heart

The heart of the scent

Jasmine, orange blossom and lily of the valley open into a luminous white-floral heart. Nothing dominates; the three hold each other in quiet, glowing balance.

III  ·  The dry-down

The settle

Amber wood and cedarwood ground the florals as oakmoss adds depth and musk smooths the finish. What remains is clean and softly polished, porcelain in scent form.

The scent, in the order it arrives.

Neil Jacobs, perfumer and co-founder of Sir Jacobs

THE PERFUMER

NEIL JACOBS

“I wanted to see whether I could take the qualities I associate with porcelain and express them through fragrance. Not the literal smell of clay, but its coolness, its dryness, its softness and the way it feels almost luminous when it is finished.”

THE CERAMIST

STEPHAN JACOBS

“Every vessel begins soft enough to remember a touch. The relief is pressed by hand before the clay fully sets — it is the only moment in the process where the material still yields. After 1220°C, it remembers nothing else.”
20 °C

Peak firing temperature

I  ·  THE CASTING

Cast by hand

Each perfume bottle begins as liquid porcelain slip, cast by hand into a plaster mould in our Johannesburg studio.

II  ·  THE FETTLING

Refined while it yields

Once released, every piece is left to dry for several days before being meticulously fettled: edges softened, lines refined, and surfaces smoothed with tools and wet sponging. After this shaping stage, the vessels dry again for a further two to three days before entering the kiln.

III  ·  THE FIRING

Two paths through the kiln

Some bottles are left unglazed and receive a single high-temperature firing, resulting in a soft, tactile matte finish that highlights the natural character of porcelain. Others undergo a two-step process: an initial bisque firing followed by glazing and a final high-temperature firing, creating a glossy, smooth surface with a polished, glasslike feel.

IV  ·  THE FINISHING

Sanded, filled, released

Once fired to 1220°C, each vessel is wet-sanded with a fine abrasive to achieve perfect smoothness. Only the most flawless bottles pass our quality control before reaching the filling line, where they are filled with perfume, fitted with a high quality perfume pump and branded zinc-alloy cap, and finally boxed for release.

Porcelain vessels drying on studio shelves before the kiln

More than a container, the vessel is an object of craftsmanship which has been shaped slowly, finished by hand, and made to be kept.

PROVENANCE

Our fragrances are composed, bottled and boxed in South Africa.

Each porcelain vessel is designed and handmade locally by our in-house ceramicists.

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Alcohol Denat., Parfum (Fragrance), Aqua (Water), Limonene, Citral, Linalool, Hydroxycitronellal, Nerol. Volume: e 60ml 2.03 fl.oz.

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