Mara Lindqvist

03:57 in Lisbon

Identity

Maison Aube

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2026

A fragrance house that smells like morning

A fragrance house that smells like morning

Maison Aube makes three scents, each built around the first hour of the day. They needed an identity as quiet and exact as the perfumes themselves.

Maison Aube makes three scents, each built around the first hour of the day. They needed an identity as quiet and exact as the perfumes themselves.

Client

Maison Aube

Year

2026

Role

Lead designer

Duration

14 weeks

Services

Brand identity, Packaging, Art direction

Maison Aube stationery: envelope with a black wax seal and business cards on travertine

The challenge

Fragrance is a loud category — gold foil, heavy glass, celebrity faces. Aube’s founders wanted the opposite: something you notice on the second look and remember for years.

The approach

We built everything from one idea: light through a window at dawn. A pared-back serif wordmark, frosted glass that diffuses light like morning haze, and a palette taken from travertine, linen and skin.

Three Maison Aube perfume bottles on a travertine block in soft morning light
A single Maison Aube perfume bottle on a stone ledge in warm light

Results

3×

pre-order target

41%

repeat purchase in Q1

12

stockists in Paris

Maison Aube gift box with a perfume bottle and a handwritten welcome card

“

Mara found the brand we’d been describing for two years in two weeks.

Mara found the brand we’d been describing for two years in two weeks.

Inès Morel, Founder

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Mara Lindqvist

Product & brand designer in Lisbon. Calm products and honest brands since 2017.

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