Future Society: perfumes inspired by extinct flowers, from a $20 sample duo

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Future Society is a fragrance brand from Arcaea, a biotech company, and it has one of the more unusual stories in perfume. Its first collection, Scent Surrection, launched in 2023 with scents inspired by flowers that no longer exist. Working with Ginkgo Bioworks and the Harvard University Herbaria, the team sequenced DNA from preserved plant specimens and used it to make scent molecules, which perfumers from Givaudan and Robertet then blended with natural and synthetic notes. The brand is open that these are tributes: nobody can know exactly what the lost flowers smelled like.

It suits perfume lovers who want something different from the department store counter, and people buying a gift with a story behind it. The shop also sells a fragrance primer, body care, candles and travel sizes, and its newest product, Base Scent, is an unscented daily product; when we checked, the homepage said Base Scent orders were expected to ship on 26 December.

The eau de parfums are the heart of the shop. When we checked, the homepage showed five 50ml bottles: Snow Beginnings, a new limited edition; Wandering Rain and Cloud Reverie, both badged as best sellers; Floating Forest, in a new bottle; and Solar Canopy. The bottles themselves are a talking point, with tinted glass bodies and clear caps that look more like small sculptures than standard perfume bottles. Because the scents are unusual, the brand makes it easy to sample before you buy: there are discovery sets, a two-scent duo and travel sizes, and a scent quiz on the site to point you towards the right one.

What's worth a look

These six were on Future Society's homepage, at the prices shown when we checked on 6 November.

All the full-size eau de parfums on the homepage were $98 for 50ml, including the new limited-edition Snow Beginnings and Solar Canopy, which the homepage badges as an Allure winner. If you'd rather not commit to a full bottle, the Rain & Cloud Discovery Duo pairs two of the best sellers for $20.

Current offers

Our current Future Society offer is Discovery Set 01 with $20 credit: the set was $45 when we checked and comes with a $20 credit, which makes it a sensible first buy if you want to try several scents before choosing a bottle. The site was also selling Discovery Set 01 with the Optimal Habitat fragrance primer as a bundle for $75 (was $105).

How to save more

• Start with a discovery set rather than a $98 bottle, and use the credit towards the full size you like best.
• If you want the primer too, the set and primer bundle costs less than buying them separately.
• Try the scent quiz on the site to narrow down the range before you order samples.

Products, prices and offers checked on the store's own website on 6 Nov 2026. Prices and stock can change.

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