Heritage
A house, in its own words
S Ent Nudes began in 2020, a year when social life and work routines were abruptly reshaped by the pandemic. Founder Christine Mineart and friends were looking for a focused day centered on making perfume together, an idea that developed shortly before lockdown restrictions altered daily life. That session became the starting point for a fragrance house rather than a conventional corporate launch. Mineart subsequently established S Ent Nudes as a collection of fragrances handcrafted in Oakland, California. The first lineup comprised Love In The Time Of Corona, Malia, Bedtime Stories, and Heaven's Mouth, all released in 2020. Their shared release year gives the debut collection a clear historical context: it emerged at a moment when personal rituals, indoor spaces, and small gatherings held unusual emotional weight. The origin story also explains why the brand feels intimate and self-directed. It grew from curiosity, friendship, and a desire to make scent together. Although the available record is concise, it supports a specific beginning rather than a long institutional history. No linked source identifies individual perfumers for these four compositions, so their creative authorship is best attributed to the house and its founder rather than assigned to a named perfumer. The philosophy of S Ent Nudes is clearest in the character of its name and debut fragrances. The brand treats perfume as a personal, expressive object, one that can sit close to the body and evoke a scene, sensation, or narrative. Names such as Love In The Time Of Corona and Bedtime Stories frame each scent as an atmosphere or imagined moment, while Heaven's Mouth has a more sensual and theatrical register. This is an approach rooted in mood and association rather than a rigid house code centered on one ingredient family. The company's origin reinforces that sensibility. Christine Mineart and friends created the project through a shared day of perfume making, which points to experimentation, participation, and discovery as central working values. Handcrafting in Oakland adds a tangible sense of place to that outlook. Rather than presenting perfumery through distant luxury codes, S Ent Nudes frames it as something that can be made, discussed, worn, and understood through personal experience. The result is a small but coherent identity built around intimacy, playfulness, and the idea that fragrance can hold a story.