Fumée

Maison Fumée · eaux de parfum · a fictional house

Scent, in motion.

Three eaux de parfum built on one idea: a fragrance is not an object, it is a movement. Move your cursor. The smoke answers.

Manifesto

We bottle what moves. The warmth rising off a split fig. A thread of smoke leaving a cone. A jasmine that only opens after dark.

Nothing here sits still, so neither does the page.

The collection

Three trails

Halved figs on dark woodAn incense cone smoking beside a windowWhite jasmine flowers against a dark background
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  1. No. 01 / 03

    Figue Noire

    A split fig left on warm wood at the end of August.

    Top
    Fig leaf, bergamot
    Heart
    Fig milk, cassis bud
    Base
    Cedar, soft musk

    Green, milky, warm

  2. No. 02 / 03

    Encens Clair

    One cone of incense, a window open, the room going quiet.

    Top
    Pink pepper, elemi
    Heart
    Frankincense, iris
    Base
    Labdanum, papyrus

    Resinous, dry, luminous

  3. No. 03 / 03

    Jasmin de Nuit

    The flower that waits for dark before it says anything.

    Top
    Neroli, green tea
    Heart
    Night jasmine, tuberose
    Base
    Benzoin, ambrette

    White floral, indolic

How a trail is built

Top, heart, base. Then the part that follows you out of the room.

I

Top

The first ten minutes. Bright, volatile, gone before you notice. Bergamot, pink pepper, neroli.

Fresh figs, halved and quartered
II

Heart

The hours in between. Fig milk, frankincense, night jasmine. The part people remember you by.

III

Base

What is still there at midnight. Cedar, labdanum, benzoin, a little musk.

A burning incense stick with a curl of smoke
IV

Sillage

The trail a perfume leaves behind you. We design for this first and work backwards.

Technical drawing of the Fumée flacon: a heavy rectangular glass bottle with rounded shoulders and a tall cylindrical cap. 132 mm 104 mm 58 8 mm base brass cap

The flacon

Heavy glass, one gesture.

  • 50 mlEau de parfum, 18% concentration
  • 8 mmSolid glass base that holds the light
  • BrassBrushed cap, weighted to close with a click
  • RefillUnscrews at the neck. Keep the bottle, refill the scent

Specs of a fictional product, drawn for this concept.

Leave a trail

Find the one that follows you.

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