Fragrantica, July 2026
- on Atelier Madrona Designed Fragrances ‘Ebb & Coast’ and ‘Ethereal Flame’
‘Ebb & Coast, or How a One-Year-Old Indie House From Nebraska Made a Jaded Journalist Rethink Aquatics’
-by Patric Rhys
“You may not have heard of 86 West just yet, but for many, I’m betting that’s about to change. The fragrance brand is only one year old, but in that time, they’ve been releasing fragrances at a massive clip – seven to their name already – and managing to get Honorable Mention nods from the Art and Olfaction Awards for their Ethereal Flame.
While the Midwest isn’t really synonymous with perfume houses, this is where 86 West calls home, and where co-founders Michael Garret and Christopher Chambers met and live, founding a proudly American, proudly black-owned, deeply inclusive fragrance house in the heart of Nebraska, of all places…”