Meet Influxious: Funmi Monet’s Luxury Fragrance Collection at Sephora

Created by PerfumeTok favorite Funmi Monet, Influxious is one of Sephora’s newest fragrance brands—and every scent tells a story rooted in heritage, identity, and emotion.

FOUNDER SPOTLIGHT

 

Not every fragrance launch begins with a celebrity campaign or venture capital funding. Sometimes it starts with a creator who spent years building a community around scent before deciding to create her own.

That’s exactly what Funmi Monet has done with Influxious. She built a fragrance house with the belief that perfume isn’t simply something you wear—it’s another way to express who you are.

Now available at Sephora, the four-piece debut collection combines modern luxury fragrance with stories inspired by Funmi’s Nigerian-American heritage. Every fragrance in the collection reflects Funmi’s creative vision. Before launching Influxious, she earned a certification in French perfumery from ISIPCA in Paris, one of the world’s most prestigious perfumery schools.

What Makes Influxious Different

Instead of creating fragrances around trends or aesthetics, Funmi describes each perfume as a different emotional state.

Every fragrance can be worn alone or layered, connected through what the brand calls its “Golden Thread”—Nigerian ginger, selected as a tribute to the founder’s heritage and designed to create harmony across the collection.

Collection Details

• Founder: Funmi Monet
• Available at: Sephora and Influxious
• Fragrance Family: Four Eau de Parfums
• Sizes: 10 ml ($35) and 50 ml ($150)

Meet the Collection

Magic Hour

Fruity • Floral • Juicy

Think golden hour bottled.

Juicy watermelon, dragon fruit and mango open into creamy coconut milk and jasmine before drying down into salty skin musk and amber. Warm, beachy and flirtatious, it’s designed to capture that last-light-of-the-day feeling.

Well Loved

Warm • Skin Scent • Gourmand

The cozy one.

Apricot and cardamom melt into magnolia, vanilla cream and cashmeran with shea butter, creating a fragrance that’s intimate, comforting and quietly sensual.

High Life

Fruity • Floral • Musk

Inspired by Nigerian Highlife music, this fragrance feels energetic and magnetic.

Bright raspberry and blueberry meet Turkish rose, hibiscus and West African frankincense before settling into sandalwood and musk.

Gold Standard

Warm • Spicy • Caramel

Perhaps the most luxurious of the collection.

Blood orange, bergamot and mango give way to saffron, neroli and a decadent blend of caramel, vanilla, amber and rum for a fragrance that feels rich, confident and unforgettable.

Why This Launch Matters

There are plenty of celebrity fragrances on the market. Creator-founded luxury fragrance brands that make it into Sephora are far less common.

Influxious stands out because it combines formal perfumery training with deeply personal storytelling. Rather than chasing trends, the collection is built around identity, culture, and the idea that fragrance can express different versions of yourself.

Editor’s Note: I haven’t had the chance to smell the collection just yet, but I’m already calling my first pick: Gold Standard. If you know me, you know I love a luxurious fragrance, and the combination of blood orange, saffron, caramel, vanilla, amber, and rum has my name written all over it. Rich, warm, and sophisticated? That’s exactly the kind of scent I gravitate toward, and I can’t wait to see if it lives up to its name.

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