Indigo Ray Botanicals
Brand · Home fragrance
Hi, I’m Amanda, the nose and hands behind Indigo Ray.
I’ve always been an artist. Fragrance just became another medium.
I think of scent the way I think about a photograph, a song, or a piece of art — something capable of taking you somewhere before you’ve even realized you’ve left. A certain smell can bring back a person, a place, an entire version of yourself. There’s something a little otherworldly about that, and it’s what I love most about making perfume.
Indigo Ray was born from that same connection to memory and spirit.
Indigo was inspired by growing up alongside the Pacific Ocean in Los Angeles — something that shaped me deeply and still finds its way into so much of what I create.
Ray is the middle name of my uncle and guardian angel. He has continued to show up for me in ways I can’t always explain, even in spirit. Carrying his name with this work felt like a way of keeping a little piece of him close.
So, Indigo Ray is a little bit of where I come from and a little bit of who I carry with me.
Today, I make every fragrance in small batches from my home studio in Portland, Oregon. Each one begins with a feeling, a memory, a place, a song — sometimes all of them at once. I’m less interested in making perfume that simply smells good than I am in making something that makes you feel something.
Indigo Ray has never been about fitting into a particular version of beauty or belonging to the right crowd. There’s no cool-kid prerequisite here. No right way to dress, look, live, or wear fragrance. I wanted to create the kind of world I was always searching for myself — one where you can just show up as you are.
Thank you for letting my art live on your skin, in your homes, and eventually, in your memories. It means more to me than you probably know.
Let’s smell like art, not algorithms.
