Alfred Lane

How I Started A $19K/Month Personal And Home Fragrances Brand

May 22nd, 2021
Rafael Hernandez
Founder, Alfred Lane
$19K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
Alfred Lane
from Miami, FL, USA
started December 2012
$19,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
market size
$38.4B
avg revenue (monthly)
$337K
starting costs
$13.7K
gross margin
40%
time to build
210 days
growth channels
SEO
business model
content-library
best tools
Google Workspace, YouTube, Twitter
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
35 Pros & Cons
tips
3 Tips
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

Hi, my name is Rafael Hernandez and I am the founder of Alfred Lane. I have a line of personal and home fragrances handcrafted in small batches out of our Miami studio. I began selling solid colognes initially as an alternative to spray colognes and released three fragrances.

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The solid colognes are made out of shea butter, beeswax, jojoba oil, vitamin E, and our fragrances. Since the beginning, we’ve made each solid cologne by hand and have since expanded to 7 fragrances. Our first sale on Shopify was on February 12, 2013, and in that month, I landed my first wholesale account.

Our customers initially were men as we wanted to bring to market something that wasn’t as readily available for them. Now our customers are 30% women buying our products either for their significant other or themselves — the rest are men. My flagship product is...

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