Nose candy: Joya on the sweet smell of success in Brooklyn
![Taylor and Miller’s design for Joya’s Brooklyn retail outlet/factory features oak veneer panels and a raw concrete floor.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/5YDeN9CdKmHfMoKkWAbrx4-415-80.jpg)
Wander down a small stretch of Clinton Hill, on the outskirts of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, and you might detect wafts of fragrance emanating from behind a glass and blackened steel storefront.
It’s in these unexpected environs that perfumery Joya has set up home in a 19th-century rigging garage refitted by architect firm Taylor and Miller.
At the front stands a retail space demarcated by suspended panels of oak veneer and steel that hang down from the warehouse ceiling. Geometric alcoves were created for displaying products, a nod to Joya’s cast-and-mould method of creating its candles and ceramics.
Apart from its own wares, visitors can also peruse an edit of books, beauty and lifestyle objects that all share a similar ethos.
‘The fragrance industry is notoriously secretive and possessive,’ says Joya founder Frederick Bouchardy. ‘I am proud of my team’s skills and procedures, as well as the ingredients we use and suppliers we engage. So the goal is to let the operations and work speak for themselves, rather than having to market them.’
In addition to its hand-cast candles, soaps, ceramics, perfumes and diffusers, which are all made in the open-plan production facility behind the boutique space, Joya also offers tours of its atelier and factory. Bespoke fragrance consultations are available for extra-fastidious noses, and a series of fragrance workshops are also in the pipeline.
As originally featured in the June 2016 issue of Wallpaper* (W*207)
In addition to its hand-cast candles, soaps, ceramics, perfumes and diffusers, which are all made in the open-plan production facility behind the boutique space, Joya also offers tours of its atelier and factory.
The space is comprised of large floating steel and wood veneer surfaces suspended from the factory ceiling.
Taylor and Miller created a retail environment that is literally and figuratively suspended between the formality, cleanliness, and elegance of a retail space and the informality and grit of a highly active factory.
INFORMATION
For more information visit the Joya website
ADDRESS
19 Vanderbilt Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11205
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Pei-Ru Keh is a former US Editor at Wallpaper*. Born and raised in Singapore, she has been a New Yorker since 2013. Pei-Ru held various titles at Wallpaper* between 2007 and 2023. She reports on design, tech, art, architecture, fashion, beauty and lifestyle happenings in the United States, both in print and digitally. Pei-Ru took a key role in championing diversity and representation within Wallpaper's content pillars, actively seeking out stories that reflect a wide range of perspectives. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband and two children, and is currently learning how to drive.
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