Goldfield & Banks is an Australian fragrance brand. The company was founded in 2016 by Dimitri Weber.[1]

Goldfield & Banks
IndustryFragrance
Founded2016
FounderDimitri Weber
Headquarters,
Websitewww.goldfieldandbanks.com

History

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Goldfield & Banks was founded by Dimitri Weber, a Belgian-Frenchman who had previously worked at perfume houses in Europe.[2][3] After previous visits to Australia, Weber moved to the country permanently in 2014 to work with a local cosmetics distributor, and founded Goldfield & Banks in 2016.[4][5]

The brand first launched with a collection of perfumes based around the Australian landscape, and incorporates native plant extracts[2] that represent Australian locations such as Fraser Island, Kakadu National Park, and Byron Bay.[4][6] Goldfield & Banks also uses species introduced to Australia in its collection, such as agarwood grown in the Queensland tropics.[7]

Products

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Goldfield & Banks fragrances are manufactured both in Switzerland at Firmenich, and in Melbourne at Australian Botanical Products.[4] Its products are also sold in Europe, the United States, the Middle East, and East Asia.[8]

One of the brand's fragrances, Southern Bloom, won the silver award for best new niche fragrance at the 2019 Pure Beauty Awards.[9] Another Goldfield & Banks fragrance, Bohemian Lime, was a finalist in the 2021 Belgian Beauty Awards.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Safe, Georgina (1 February 2021). "These Luxe, Gender-Neutral Scents by Goldfield & Banks Capture the Fragrances of Australia". Broadsheet.
  2. ^ a b Judd, Benjamen (5 February 2021). "Scent Markers" (PDF). Wish: 48–51.
  3. ^ Sams, Lauren (1 July 2021). "The Belgian perfumer bringing Australian native flowers to fragrance". The Australian Financial Review.
  4. ^ a b c Clark, Stephen (20 April 2018). "Rich and Rare". The Australian Financial Review: 8.
  5. ^ Traill-Nash, Glynis (27 April 2019). "Aussie perfume makes perfect scents". The Australian.
  6. ^ Meagher, David; Judd, Benjamen (4 February 2021). "Scent makers: Australian perfumers creating niche products". The Australian.
  7. ^ Woolnough, Damien (27 January 2023). "It costs up to $100,000 a kilo and Queensland farmers are growing it for luxury perfume". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  8. ^ Georgina, Georgina (1 September 2021). "Fragrance Industry Wakes up To Australian Botanicals". The Business of Fashion.
  9. ^ "Pure Beauty Awards 2019: Winners revealed!". Cosmetics Business. 23 October 2019. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
  10. ^ Milbou, Lise (25 March 2021). "These are the big winners of the Belgian Beauty Awards 2021". Gael. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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