The Sound of the Space Between
Crafting a Sonic Ecosystem for a Tasmanian Perfume House
/ Client: LIMINUS
/ Industry: NICHE NATURAL PERFUMERY
/ Deliverables: Sonic ecosystem (3 loops), Alba & Thamnic mini-themes, playlist, usage guidelines
Branding / sound strategy: Stephanie Dufrane
Music composers: Daan Duijf
Liminus is a small Tasmanian perfume house rooted in nature, stillness and emotional storytelling.
Our goal: translate its poetic identity into a complete but compact sonic world — designed for a brand that communicates mainly through Instagram.
The challenge
Small brands rarely have the budget for full sonic branding.
Liminus needed recognition, coherence and intimacy—without complexity:
A distinctive sound anchored in Tasmania and liminality
Music that works in short Instagram formats
A modular system the brand can reuse across launches and daily content
The approach
We built the sonic identity like a perfume:
1. Brand DNA → Sonic DNA
Values, tone of voice and Tasmanian origin became the foundation: calm, spacious, poetic, grounded in place.
2. Three Liminal Sound Directions
We distilled the brand into three minimal, loop-ready moods:
Botanical Intuition – warm, tactile, intimate
The Liminal Threshold – deep, resonant, ceremonial
Alchemy of Place – landscapes, light and Tasmanian texture
Each direction contributes to the same emotional world.
3. Insta-First Composition
We created loop-based tracks that work at low volume, in short edits, and under visual storytelling.
From this palette we developed: Liminus Core Theme / Alba Theme – brighter, solar / Thamnic Theme – deeper, shaded
Solution
A usable mini sonic ecosystem built for a small team:
/ 3 loopable mood tracks forming the brand’s sonic backbone
/ Alba & Thamnic signature themes
/ A curated playlist extending the Liminus universe
/ A clear sonic guideline explaining when and how to use each track across Instagram, website, packaging and events
Everything is simple, modular and scalable — a blueprint for how small brands can adopt sonic branding without heavy budgets.

