The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
My Village And Siberian Musk began with a personal ritual rather than a studio abstraction: the smell of weekend visits to a grandmother's house. Sonali Said and Kriss Mokhtar translated that memory into a landscape drawn from Telipok, Tuaran, Tamparuli, and Kundasang. The inspiration carries mud, animals, fruit, and the airy character of open roads. Instead of isolating Siberian musk, the perfumers placed a deer-tinctured musk accord inside that wider village atmosphere. Launched in 2022, the fragrance turns a specific memory of place into a deliberately airy composition.
The unusual part is the contrast between delicacy and dirt. Tea and bergamot bring a clean, lifted opening; peanut accord adds a warm, roasted edge; jasmine sambac and rose keep the heart floral rather than purely rural. Down below, civet, hay, patchouli, geosmin, sandalwood, guava, and musk build a base that can feel both polished and untamed. The result is not a literal recreation of a grandmother's house. It's a memory shaped through perfumery, where road dust and animalic warmth sit beside fruit and white flowers.
The evolution
The opening has the clean lift of bergamot and tea, quickly meeting an earthy accord that recalls wet soil and a road after rain. That first contrast sets the fragrance apart: bright enough to feel airy, grounded enough to feel inhabited. As the heart arrives, jasmine sambac and rose soften the soil without making it decorative. Peanut accord adds a warm, slightly nutty note, while guava brings a rounded fruitiness that keeps the composition from becoming too dark. The drydown is where the name earns its place. Musk and civet bring skin warmth, hay adds a dry grassy edge, and patchouli gives the base a grounded depth. Geosmin keeps the mineral, damp-earth character present. Sandalwood gives the final trail a smoother surface, but the earthy accord remains the lasting memory. Strong sillage and an 8-10 hour wear make this a fragrance that stays in the conversation after the first impression.
Cultural impact
Bahfamsn's small-batch, provenance-led identity places the fragrance within a more deliberate idea of perfume, where a named location and personal memory matter as much as a conventional note story. Released in 2022 as part of the house's first full collection, it sits for wearers who choose scent as an atmospheric record rather than a simple trend. Its strongest appeal is the deliberately specific idea of a weekend road trip, with village air, fruit, flowers, and animalic musk held in one composition.
The House
Bahfamsn FragranceBahfamsn Fragrance is an indie perfume house rooted in the rain‑forested highlands of North Borneo, Malaysia. The brand opened its doors in 2020 and quickly built a modest online presence that now reaches collectors worldwide. Its 2022 launch introduced a suite of scents that echo specific locales – from the misty mornings of Kundasang to the aromatic notes of Borneo tea. Bahfamsn positions itself as a small‑batch creator that ships globally while staying tied to the natural rhythms of its birthplace.
The Creator
Sonali Said & Kriss MokhtarLuwak Touch serves as the primary evidence of Sonali Said's stylistic sensibilities. The fragrance's character suggests a perfumer unafraid of animalic complexity and unusual accords.
