Entry No. 23 — the Salt Lake City file — filed under: perfume-making
HEXEH Studio
A small niche-perfumery workshop near the old Rio Grande Depot founded by French perfumer Dimitri Allouch, who left a career in France to open a Utah studio where you sit down with a bar of professional fragrance materials — top, heart and base notes — and build a scent from scratch instead of just picking one off a shelf.
The story
Salt Lake City isn't the first place you'd expect a French-trained perfumer to set up shop, but Dimitri Allouch left France and landed on Rio Grande Street to strip the mystery out of fine fragrance. Instead of pushing pre-bottled department store colognes, he opened a dedicated workshop space in the shadow of the historic Rio Grande Depot, turning scent creation into a hands-on chemical craft.
The setup abandons high-end retail theater for an actual perfumer's bench. You sit down in front of a bar stocked with raw aromatic materials, organized precisely into top, heart, and base notes. Under Allouch's direct guidance, you drop, balance, and tweak volatile compounds until you've engineered a formula from scratch—one that gets mixed on the spot and capped in a bottle for you to take home.
What it's like
You'll find the studio tucked away at 95 S Rio Grande Street in the Gateway district. Inside, the space feels more like an artisan laboratory than a boutique, focused entirely on the raw ingredients. During a workshop session, expect to work slowly: you'll evaluate scent families, measure out drops, and reset your nose between trials so you don't overwhelm your senses. Workshop seats are limited, so reserve your spot at the bench ahead of time.
The move: Sit down together for a hands-on perfumery workshop and each blend a signature scent from raw aromatic materials under a professional perfumer's guidance — then take the finished bottle home.
- 📍 Rio Grande / Gateway, Salt Lake City
- 💸 $$
- ⚡ Up for anything
- 🌗 Indoors
Where: 95 S Rio Grande St, Salt Lake City, UT 84101
Hours: Added 2026-07-20 — confirm current hours before you go.
⚠ Seasonal or scheduled — always check before you go.
Pair it with
- Löyly Nordic Spa — Head two blocks over after your scent workshop to flush your system with Finnish saunas and cold plunges.
- The Rabbit Hole at Lake Effect — Take your freshly bottled custom perfume down into Lake Effect's basement speakeasy for late-night cocktails.
- The Rest (beneath Bodega) — Follow up an afternoon of nose work by stepping through a hot-dog shop's phone booth into a subterranean lounge.
Good to know
Who leads the perfumery workshops at HEXEH Studio?
Workshops are led by founder and French perfumer Dimitri Allouch, who relocated his fragrance practice from France to Salt Lake City.
What do you take home from a workshop?
You formulate, blend, and bottle your own custom signature perfume during the session to take with you.
Where is HEXEH Studio located?
It is located at 95 S Rio Grande St in the Rio Grande / Gateway neighborhood of Salt Lake City.
Are the products cruelty-free?
Yes, HEXEH Studio produces vegan and cruelty-free fine fragrances, incense, and skincare items.
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Further reading: Official site · utahstories.com · Instagram
last checked: 2026-07-20