Our Story

Orchid Lane is a modern fragrance house where contemporary perfumery meets the influence of traditional Somali attar oils.

It began with scent that lingered. Somali tea simmering on the stove. Incense rising in slow spirals. Rain against concrete through an open window. A trace of fruit from yesterday’s perfume resting in the sleeve of a hoodie. Nothing rare. Just the atmosphere of ordinary days.

Founder Iman grew up in Vancouver between cultures, climates, and ways of belonging. Some places raise you. Others stay with you. Scent became a way of holding both, a way of returning without leaving, of recognizing home even when it shifts.

Now based in Calgary, Orchid Lane composes fragrance the way memory arrives, in layers, slowly, never all at once. Each perfume is blended by hand in small batches so materials keep their depth, warmth, and presence. They unfold gently and remain close, where scent feels most alive.

Orchid Lane is a collection of places that never fully left.