Dossier

Dossier is a New York-headquartered fragrance house founded in 2019 by serial beauty entrepreneur Sergio Tache, in partnership with venture studio Otium, with a single proposition: take the world's most loved designer and niche fragrances, reinterpret them in Grasse, and sell them at a fraction of the original price. The Impressions Collection that put the brand on the map is named not by the originals it references but by olfactory profile, so a Baccarat Rouge 540 interpretation arrives as Ambery Saffron and a Santal 33 reading as Woody Sandalwood. Bottles start at 29 USD for 50 ml and 79 USD for the 100 ml format introduced in 2025.

Manufacturing is the differentiator. Where most price-led dupe houses source from Middle Eastern or Indian blenders, Dossier formulates and bottles in Grasse, the historic centre of French perfumery, using a Creative Lab that pairs French noses with a New York creative team. The brand's chromatography-led approach to inspired fragrances aims not just to copy but to refine the original, adjusting longevity, removing allergens, and re-balancing skin evolution. By 2025 the company was generating roughly sixty million dollars in annual sales, growing 120% year-on-year, ranked first fragrance brand at Walmart and third at Target, with retail outposts at Boots, CVS, Ulta Mexico, and Liverpool UK, plus two New York City boutiques.

In 2023 Dossier introduced its Originals Collection, a line of non-derivative gender-neutral compositions including collaborations with influencer Allyiah Gainer and rapper Machine Gun Kelly, signalling an evolution beyond the inspired-by category that built the business. A majority stake was acquired by San Francisco private equity firm American Pacific Group in 2026, with founder Sergio Tache continuing as CEO and stakeholder.

Positioning sits in the indie French-manufactured dupe-and-originals tier, mid-budget pricing, mass-retail distribution. Alongside Oakcha, ALT Fragrances, and Fine'ry on the American dupe shelf, Dossier differentiates on Grasse-blended provenance and a far stronger consumer-marketing footprint than its peers.