A sunken sensory installation exploring fragrance, geology and ritual through architecture.

Artisanal perfumery Oaken Lab will unveil Tiltroom, a new immersive installation at this year Jia CURATED (13-17 August 2026), inviting visitors to experience fragrance through architecture, materiality and the body.

Designed as a contemporary reinterpretation of a traditional salt chamber, Tiltroom is a sunken pavilion constructed from Himalayan salt bricks that explores the relationship between fragrance, minerals and botanicals through breath, touch and taste. More than an exhibition, the installation proposes an environment where scent is experienced as space, encouraging visitors to slow down, descend below ground and engage all the senses.

Responding to Jia CURATED’s 2026 theme, “Nature Weaveˮ, Tiltroom explores the interconnected relationships between landscape, material, architecture and the body. Rather than treating nature as a backdrop, the installation invites visitors to experience it as an active participant: through Himalayan salt, botanicals, air, scent and ritual. By weaving together natural materials with contemporary design, Oaken Lab reflects on how architecture and fragrance can reconnect us with the environments and elemental processes from which they originate.

Developed in collaboration with Tuscany Stone Boutique and Spatial Sonata, Tiltroom sits somewhere between an object and a building, highlighting the expressive qualities of natural materials through curation and craftsmanship.

Material as Experience

Constructed from Himalayan salt bricks, the pavilion explores salt not simply as a building material but as a medium connecting architecture, landscape and the rituals of everyday life. 

Long associated with preservation, healing, food and wellness, salt becomes the conceptual thread linking the installation with Oaken Lab’s fragrances, botanical ingredients and sensory experiences. The material simultaneously shapes the architecture while connecting visitors to acts of bathing, breathing, tasting and scent.

An Immersive Sensory Journey

Inside Tiltroom, visitors encounter a carefully choreographed sensory experience where fragrance, botanicals and minerals are explored through multiple senses. Rather than presenting perfume as an object to smell alone, the installation invites audiences to experience scent through changing atmospheres, tactile surfaces and curated moments of taste and touch, dissolving the boundaries between architecture, fragrance and hospitality. The project reflects Oaken Lab’s broader philosophy of creating immersive environments where scent extends beyond product into space, ritual and cultural experience.

Oaken Stillroom at Jia CURATED

Alongside design, architecture, art and fragrance, visitors will also be able to experience Oaken Lab’s new hospitality concept, the Oaken Stillroom, which extends the installation’s sensory journey through a curated menu of drinks and small plates. The selection includes Oaken Lab’s signature cold brew alongside a selection of bespoke zero-proof botanical cocktails, such Golden Forest Hare (Forest Hare (zero-proof gin, pineapple, vetiver, rice water), Burnt Autumn (burnt plum, zero -proof spirit, green tea) and Deceptive Dawn (zero-proof gin, zero-proof aperol, pomelo) , each inspired by the same natural ingredients and olfactory language found throughout the brand’s fragrances. These are complemented by a simple menu of seasonal dishes including Tomato Toast, Ham Toast and Betutu Croquettes, encouraging visitors to pause, gather and engage with the installation through taste as well as scent.

Beyond Perfumery

Tiltroom marks another step in Oaken Lab’s evolution from contemporary artisanal perfumery into a multidisciplinary lifestyle brand, exploring the intersections of fragrance, architecture, design, hospitality and culture. Created specifically for Jia CURATED, the installation demonstrates the brand’s ongoing commitment to creating immersive, architecture and spatial experience. experiences that invite people to engage with scent in new and unexpected ways. “

At Oaken Lab, we’ve always believed fragrance is more than something you wear: it has the ability to shape atmosphere, evoke memory and influence the way we experience a place. Tiltroom is an opportunity to explore those ideas beyond the bottle, bringing together scent, architecture, material and hospitality in one immersive experience. It’s a natural evolution for the brand and reflects our ambition to create spaces that invite people to slow down, connect, and discover fragrance through all the senses. Jia CURATED provides the perfect context for that conversation, where design becomes away of connecting people with nature, craft and culture.”

— Cynthia Wirjono, Co-Founder, Oaken Lab