Christopher Kerrigan is a perfumer and co-owner of Oaken Lab, an artisan fragrance house in Jakarta. He creates each scent in-house, weaving storytelling and craftsmanship into fragrances inspired by memory, place, and time. Rooted in Indonesia’s natural richness yet refined with an international perspective, Oaken Lab elevates daily rituals into moments of quiet luxury. Together, Chris and Cynthia have also developed bespoke scents for global hospitality brands, while expanding with flagship stores in Jakarta and Bali.
Scent is memory. Flavour is place. At Oaken Lab — Ubud’s coolest scent den — three people who’ve built something worth talking about sit down to explore what sweetness, fragrance, …