Darling Anaïs is an American heritage perfume house shaping the future of fragrance with candle-forward design and olfactory storytelling. Based at 45 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, we embody Founder Halima Haider’s lifelong devotion to scientific curiosity, interiors, and luxury craftsmanship.

Inspired by geological rarities and royal tradition, our fragrances are slow-macerated with the rarest raw materials. Master perfumers collaborate with Halima to bring to life scent profiles that evoke ethereal landscapes and olfactive regality, delivering a rarefied and intoxicating sensory experience.

Every vessel and wearable piece, enriched with precious minerals and storied gems, is conceived with heirloom quality. Designed to elevate the present and endure for generations, they honor aesthetics, heritage, and a healthier planet.

Halima’s journey with redolence began in a childhood steeped in physics, chemistry, and a touch of kitchen alchemy, where her late grandmother’s Shalimar bottles sparked her fascination with perfumery.

Her unwavering commitment to sustainability took root in her teens, when, as a novice ecologist, she co-founded an urban farm while Darling Anaïs was still a modest chandlery.

A sensualist at heart, every sacred batch Halima pours is in memory of her darling cat-child, Countess Anaïs, and in homage to Venus—goddess of love, beauty, fertility, prosperity, and desire.

What started as a romantic olfactive escape now flourishes into an atelier set for a 2026 relaunch.