Comporta Perfumes
Founded 2017
Comporta Perfumes was started in 2017 by Pedro Simões Dias, a Lisbon lawyer and perfume collector, and calls itself the first Portuguese niche perfume brand. The scents are inspired by the village of Comporta on the Alentejo coast, and the bottle was made with the Portuguese porcelain house Vista Alegre. Its headquarters are in Comporta and its showroom is in Lisbon.
Hours and prices change, so check with the shop before you go.
The Alentejo village of Comporta, made into perfume
Comporta Perfumes was started in 2017 by Pedro Simões Dias, a lawyer in internet law and copyright who also wrote a blog reviewing niche perfumes and gave perfume masterclasses. It calls itself the first Portuguese niche perfume brand. Each scent recalls a moment in Comporta, a village on the northern Alentejo coast, where the house has its headquarters.
Pedro Dias edits the collection and works with outside perfumers. Luca Maffei, Béatrice Aguilar and Daniel Josier made the first six eau de parfums, each in 100 ml. About two years after launch the house worked with the Portuguese porcelain maker Vista Alegre on its bottle, which recalls the wooden stakes of the fishermen's port near Comporta.
In Lisbon the house has a showroom in the Radisson Blu Hotel at Avenida Marechal Craveiro Lopes 390. No opening hours are published, so use the contact form on its site before you go. Areia Salgada, Mosquito and Muda each cost €185 for 100 ml. Try Areia Salgada first: it is a day on Comporta beach, from white sand and sea breeze to an evening gin and tonic with lemon.
- Areia SalgadaA day on Comporta beach, white sand and sea breeze, ending with a gin and tonic at the beach bar, by Daniel Josier.
- MosquitoA clean, light floral by Béatrice Aguilar, made for the half hour a day when Comporta's mosquitoes swarm.
- MudaSunset dinner parties at a friend's place around Pego and Muda, with coffee, rose and saffron, by Luca Maffei.
- PalafíticoThe salty, woody air of the fishermen's stilt walkways at Carrasqueira, by Luca Maffei.
Where to buy
- Showroom, Radisson Blu Hotel, Avenida Marechal Craveiro Lopes 390, 1749-009 Lisbon (hours not published, contact the house first)
- Online at comportaperfumes.com