The Founder
A perfumer, guided by an artisan's approach.
For many years, he has worked alongside independent fragrance houses, accompanying them as they shape their identity and refine their creations.
This experience shaped a conviction :
that true perfumery does not lie in excess, but in balance.
Not in noise, but in intention.
With Ora e Labora, he chose to return to something essential.
A more personal approach.
More direct. More honest.
Each fragrance is imagined, composed, and developed with the same discipline :
"Respecting the raw materials, refining each detail, and allowing time to do its work."
A Vision of Perfume
A quiet expression of Beauty
"An artistic creation, born from what surrounds us,
from what moves us,
from what reminds us that we are alive.
A fragrance can be a journey —
through faraway memories,
or opening the door to the most beautiful dreams."
Perfume as it should be.
Henri R. Steinbacher
Founder & Perfumer.
ORA E LABORA
The Discipline to unit the inner with the Gesture.
ORA E LABORA is the balance between intention and action.
ORA : an inner impulse.
LABORA : the act of bringing it into form, through precision and work.
Each fragrance is born from this movement —
"From inspiration to made."
A Human approach
Built at a human scale .
Behind each bottle, there is a process.
Behind it, a person.
This proximity is intentional.
"Because fragrance, at its core, is something intimate."
A Quiet commitment
A matter of Balance.
No excess.
No artificial storytelling.
Only a clear intention :
"To create fragrances that are sincere, precise, and meant to last."