Our Story

Fine fragrance could make you feel extraordinary. Shopping for it could make you feel like you didn’t belong.

For men. For women. For special occasions. Prices that made you save every spray. Even “unisex” could feel like a compromise, with all the personality taken out. And clean, conscious choices too often looked beige and bland.

Where was the color? The individuality? The luxury you could actually live in?

KIERIN grew out of that missing space.

I’m Mona—a mother, former model, gardener, and artist. A woman who has lived several lives within one. Modeling had given me the freedom to build something meaningful. KIERIN became a way to turn that opportunity into something others could experience and make their own.

Art is at the heart of how I create. I’m the artist behind KIERIN—sometimes the perfumer, sometimes the olfactive editor, working with world-class perfumers and rising talent.

What would this color smell like? Could a fragrance carry the energy of graffiti, the intimacy of a tattoo, the rhythm of a pattern? That’s the synesthetic heart of KIERIN. See the art, smell the scent, feel what happens when they come together.

Pop Art was our first muse because it brought fine art into everyday life. KIERIN brings that spirit to perfumery: bold American vision, distinctive scents that last, fine ingredients, and accessible prices. Everyday niche. Unisex with personality, with room for every facet of you.

Clean and conscious belonged here from the beginning, before they became mainstream expectations. Vegan, cruelty-free fragrances. Practical paper-based boxes with art and attitude. We talk about those choices less now. They still shape what we make. Caring should have style, too.

The gardener in me loves what happens when beautiful things grow together. Fragrance offers that same pleasure—and a moment to step away from the screen and back into your senses.

Then you take it into the world. A scent we created becomes part of a story only you can tell.

Scent memories to be made, not remembered.

We’re coming up on a milestone. For me, 2027 marks ten years of building KIERIN—ten years of scent, art, experiments, discoveries, and people who chose to make these fragrances part of their lives. The collections have evolved. The reason I started has not.

KIERIN remains independent, guided by our own vision. Great perfumery belongs wherever talent, imagination, and craft come together. This is our expression: American perfumery at its finest.

Something to leave with you—in your nose, your heart, and your mind.

—Mona Maine de Biran, Founder