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Clean Fragrance· Austin, Texas, USA · Updated 14 May 2026

Eric Korman

Former Ralph Lauren digital executive Eric Korman founded Phlur in 2015 as one of the first transparent, clean-fragrance brands. After a quiet period, the brand was relaunched with Chriselle Lim as creative lead and the viral Missing Person fragrance.

"Fragrance was the most opaque category in beauty — we built the transparent alternative."

Eric Korman
Background

Korman was a senior digital executive at Ralph Lauren before founding Phlur in Austin, Texas in 2015 as a clean, ingredient-transparent fragrance brand.

After a quieter mid-stage, the brand relaunched with Chriselle Lim as Chief Creative Officer and the Missing Person fragrance, which became one of the largest TikTok-driven fragrance hits of the early 2020s and a Sephora cult product.

Philosophy

Fragrance transparency is overdue, not avant-garde.

Right creative partner > more SKUs.

Career timeline
  • 2015
    Founds Phlur in Austin, Texas
  • 2022
    Phlur relaunches with Chriselle Lim and 'Missing Person'
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  • How Phlur's Missing Person Took Over TikTok

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