Designer Dries Van Noten will launch a new beauty line this week, including 10 fragrances.
Cannabis Patchouli (shown bottom, far right) ~ developed by perfumer Nicolas Bonneville; a spicy aromatic chypre with cannabis and patchouli. [“In Dries world, antagonistic elements are combined to create surprise. This fragrance is like a light and dark olfactive pattern of fresh green leaves of clary sage aromatics rubbing against the woody leaves of patchouli.” — NICOLAS BONNEVILLE. Additional notes include bergamot, cedar leaves, vetiver and musk.]
Fleur du Mal (shown top, second from right)~ developed by perfumer Quentin Bisch; a fruity floral leather with osmanthus and suede. [“I wanted to create a perfume of contrast using osmanthus which has a duality and unexpected quality. It appears innocent but it can be very sensual, almost animalic; this flower, that seems to be an angel, can turn devilish.” — QUENTIN BISCH. Additional notes include peach, jasmine and amber.]
Jardin de l'Orangerie (shown bottom, far left) ~ developed by perfumer Daniela Andrier; a woody gourmand floral based on orange blossom and sandalwood. [“A beautiful duality of nature-inspired orange blossom with the contrast of sweet, opulent, milky, mature orange blossom; this flower can express so many different faces.” — DANIELA ANDRIER. Additional notes include neroli, jasmine and ylang ylang.]
Neon Garden (shown bottom, second from left) ~ developed by perfumer Fanny Bal; an aroromatic woody floral with mint and powdery iris. [“I wanted to express unconventional classicism through using orris, from iris root, which is so elegant and haute couture. But I wanted to shake it, to heckle it, with the energy of mint.” — FANNY BAL. Additional notes include carrot, musk and ambroxan.]
Raving Rose (shown bottom, second from right) ~ developed by perfumer Louise Turner; a spicy green floral with rose plus black and pink pepper. [“The rose is an icon for Dries but I wanted to disrupt its classicism to create a rose that is not a rose, not taking itself too seriously, ultra-modern and spicy.” — LOUISE TURNER. Additional notes include cashmeran and musk.]
Rock the Myrrh (shown top center) ~ developed by perfumer Amélie Jacquin; a woody amber leather with myrrh and smoked wood. [“Inspired by the Parisian boutique, with its elegant and precious textures, and its eclectic and mystical atmosphere, an overdose of myrrh is joined by resins of benzoin and cistus dressed up with cypress and pink pepper.” — AMELIE JACQUIN. Additional notes include patchouli and suede.]
Rosa Carnivora (shown bottom center) ~ developed by perfumer Daphné Bugey; a spicy woody floral with rose and vetiver. [“This is nature: unfiltered, with all its little flaws. This rose is not romantic: it is strangely beautiful, real, imperfect and ambiguous.” — DAPHNE BUGEY. Additional notes include pink pepper, floral bouquet, patchouli and cistus.]
Santal Greenery (shown top left) ~ developed by perfumer Nisrine Grillie; a woody green musk with fig and sandalwood. [“The union of two opposites, yet perfectly and poetically balanced: resilient sandalwood with the lively, green leaf of fig - the everlasting and the ephemeral together.” — NISRINE GRILLIE. Additional notes include bergamot, grapefruit, violet leaves and white musk.]
Soie Malaquais (shown top right) ~ developed by perfumer Marie Salamagne; a spicy floriental with chestnut and vanilla. [“I fell in love with Dries’ silk dresses in his Quai Malaquais boutique. The texture was so fluid it merged with the skin, which gave me the idea for a silky, enveloping perfume, a mix of chestnut with sensual vanilla.” — MARIE SALAMAGNE. Additional notes include bergamot, blackcurrant, rose, silk and cocoa.]
Voodoo Chile (shown top, second from left) ~ developed by perfumer Nicolas Beaulieu; a green woody with notes of rosemary and patchouli. [“I was inspired by the iconic Jimi Hendrix track. Rosemary and patchouli are the opposite forces in action here but the rosemary – like Hendrix’s guitar - is distorted to make it hot and dense.” — NICOLAS BEAULIEU. Additional notes include cannabis accord, lentisque, cedar and sandalwood.]
The Dries Van Noten fragrances will be available in refillable bottles (plus collectible cases), in 100 ml Eau de Parfum (around €220-240 each). I will update with more details when I can.
(via weekend.knack.be, vogue, wwd)
Update: additional information above in brackets via eu.driesvannoten. The refill bottles are 200 ml, and three discovery sets are available (two have five fragrances each and are €32; one has all ten fragrances for €48; all samples are 2 ml), all entitle you to a discount on a full-sized fragrance.
oh joy another indistinguishable mass of fragrances
*sigh*
I know this dates me but once upon a time there’d be an announcement that a new scent was imminent from one house or another, you’d look forward to it, it was an event and you couldn’t wait to try it. Now they’re just machine-gunned onto department-store and boutique shelves, and it’s not humanly possible to try them all, let alone form rational opinions about them, before the next batch is dumped and last month’s new releases are forgotten. I couldn’t name the most recent Guerlain or Chanel or Lutens launch if you put a gun to my head. And at those prices I’d never seriously consider them even if I found one I loved.
Preaching to the choir 🙂
Ten…. And not one sounds interesting even. I don’t even like the bottles. Disappointing from my fellow countryman.
Didn’t even bother to check the prices at first instance… But those are horrific as well.
I am interested in a couple…an osmanthus by Quentin Bisch, for instance, but not likely to ever see them, much less pay for one.
I like the bottles, but agree that the prices and the excess of choices kills the appetite. I think they hit all the major food groups except a full on citrus cologne or something spritzed up with aldehydes (but that may just be too passé).
I think that as much as we might hate it, I do think this strategy works, and even more so if you have your own boutiques, which he does. I suspect it also does better than a single release on Insta & Tiktok & other social media…more items has got to mean more images.
And these bottles are just begging for instagram layouts. I am partial to the tortoiseshell one.
If I came across these in a boutique I would definitely have fun testing them. I like the sound of some of them. But in that environment there’s also the strong possibility I would either be ignored completely by snooty sales people, or hovered over and each perfume explained to me with expectations that I “love it!!”
I like the bottles too. Not a huge fan of the cap style, I think something simpler would have been a better fit. But that zebra one, the bold yellow check and the blue porcelain are all gorgeous.
Ten is too much, ten is way too much. This is the shotgun, make different scents to appeal to different folks approach. There’s a lot of risk developing one signature scent, all that research. All that MARKETING! Then if it fails it’s a disaster. I do think in this case they could have easily cut it down to five. Still a lot, but better.
I’ll never get a chance to smell them, but I do like the blue Chinese porcelain bottle, the chestnut vanilla is right up my alley.
Cannot keep up.
Unlikely to ever smell these,unless Dries van Noten suddenly decides to open a boutique in S-Africa,which I doubt.We only “just” got Starbucks soooo….????♂️
It is nice to think there are still places on earth Starbucks has not reached…
Not correct! There are 12 fragrances in the collection. You forgot those by Annick Menardo and the Santal.
He’s perfume with Mr Malle is probably too expensive and now the mass market is going to have a whiff of Dries ?
Did you see the pricing?Lol!
Not quite mass-market euros there….
I was being ironic Lol
Profoundly uninteresting for multiple reasons. I am sure I am not the target market for these sorts of things.
TLDR. If these come with matching shoes, bags or clothes, I may be tempted.
The bottles ARE interesting, with the exception of the metal caps. The above commenters have made some very good points. In a department store setting, a customer will have to try all 10 to decide. That’s a lot of spray in the air and an overwhelming decision to make on the spot. What if a customer likes the bottle but not the juice, and vice versa?
The group Puig (Gaultier, Nina Ricci, Paco Rabanne, Carolina Herrera, L’Artisan Parfumeur, Penhaligon’s…) bought the brand a few years ago so I expected a new fragrance. And since here in France “Private Collections” sell like hot cakes, I’m not surprised they released one. I’m kind of sad the Dries Van Noten by Frédéric Malle is discontinued..
Not correct! There are 12 fragrances in the collection. You forgot those by Annick Menardo and the Santal.
Thanks, just reporting from the sources I used…if there are 2 more I’ll find them eventually.
Robin, maybe you don’t know the answer, but are the bottoms of those bottles the “collectible cases”? Looking closer at the photo I think the glass bottles slip into the lower decorated part. Now mind you it’s not like I’m going to spend the $$$ on these but I like the idea of mix and match. Pick your frag, pick your case design. I could be totally wrong but that’s what my eye sees.
Look at the dark blue bottle second from the left in the top row. You can see the bottle doesn’t go all the way down into the frosted bottom. So they’re clearly separate.
Yes, I think the “case” thingies are a separate piece and presumably you can mix and match, although I have seen nothing to make me believe you can buy the one you want unless you buy the fragrance its sold with?
Lol, we’ll that’s a sneaky little way to force you to buy multiples. Not going to happen.
Come to think of it..
I wonder if they could turn into candles later on..some of them might be fun to have burning. ?
I want to sniff the one with chestnut in it. Oh well.
I was watching this video on Paris Fashion Week
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6ONNR2pSP4
and Bliss said he got to sniff the fragrances and really liked them, which was unusual for him because he was very particular about scents. So when I saw here that there was an exploration set, I had to order it. Will report back if they are any good.
The little sample tubes replicate the patterns on the bottles so it will likely become my most decorative exploration set, at least.
nozknoz,
I don’t want to disappoint you but those little sample vials that look like miniatures of the fragrance bottles are nothing more than clear vials of fragrance placed in front of a_printed cardboard background_ that has the same colors as the fragrance containers. I, too, was expecting a nifty miniature vial with the same colors of the fragrance. . . not a picture. I would also point out that if you purchase the sample sets, They give you a couple of extra samples of your choice as well as a $40 coupon code towards the purchase of one fragrance. Even with that, they are still pricey. I’m still testing the fragrances but find at least a couple of them to my liking.