The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
SandPort began with a conversation between SIAM 1928 and Sandport Brewing Co., a Thai craft brewery pushing boundaries in a region known for its experimental spirit. The brief was specific: translate the sensory experience of their Wheat IPA, 'Wheat off the Wall', into a wearable form. Perfumer Nutt Wesshasartar took on the challenge, working with the brewery's head brewer to understand the interplay of citrus hops, malt sweetness, and the herbal bitterness that defines the beer. The goal wasn't imitation. It was translation, capturing the same refreshment, the same unexpected complexity, in a medium you wear rather than drink.
The result hinges on an unusual ingredient: hemp. Not as a nod to cannabis culture, but as a genuine aromatic material, green, slightly bitter, with an herbal quality that bridges the citrus opening and the earthy base. Combined with real hop extract and wheat absolute, it creates a scent that genuinely evokes beer without smelling like a brewery. The passion fruit in the heart adds tropical sweetness that wasn't in the original IPA but works here as a bridge between the bright opening and the warm drydown. This is the kind of lateral thinking that separates a collaboration from a gimmick.
The evolution
The opening hits like a cold glass, sharp citrus, bitter hop, a whisper of green from the hemp. It reads immediately as refreshing, almost effervescent, despite being a fragrance. Grapefruit dominates at first, then the orange emerges to soften it. Around the 20-minute mark, the citrus fades and the heart arrives: tropical sweetness from passion fruit meeting the warm, slightly grainy note of wheat. The hemp is still there, keeping everything grounded. By hour two, the vetiver and patchouli take over, earthy, dry, almost mineral. The drydown stays close to skin but lingers for hours, the kind of warmth you catch when you press your wrist to your nose without thinking.
Cultural impact
Beer-inspired fragrance is rare territory, most perfumers avoid the association as too literal or too niche. SandPort sidesteps the risk by treating the IPA not as a gimmick but as a creative brief: capture the refreshment, the citrus-hop bite, the malt warmth. For wearers seeking something genuinely different from mainstream perfumery, this positions itself as the alternative to yet another amber-oud or rose-water composition.
