Max Richter has collaborated with Comme des Garçons Parfums to create a new fragrance, launching July 24th in Paris, available from that day onwards at Dover Street Market Paris, Dover Street Parfums Market, Comme des Garçons Paris and soon followed by all CDG and DSM stores and other select retailers worldwide.
The fragrance invites wearers to engage with scent as a medium for memory, a quiet narrative composed in Richter’s unique voice. The fragrance centres on objects tied to Richter’s life and work: Graphite, Vetiver, Piano Soundboard Cedar, Violin Bow Rosin, Transistor, and Magnetic Tape.
“I think what is interesting with this is that we hope we’ve made a perfume with you that could evoke memories that you may not know of yet—lost or future ones.”
– Adrian Joffe
The collaboration emerged from creative dialogues between Richter, his creative partner Yulia Mahr, and Comme des Garçons Parfums’ President Adrian Joffe. Multidisciplinary artist Yulia Mahr provided an original artwork from her series “The Church Of Our Becoming” for the packaging, while designer Zak Kyes led the packaging and product design. The fragrance itself was created with Comme des Garçons Parfums’ long term creative director Christian Astuguevieille, together with perfumer Guillaume Flavigny. The launch event at DSM Paris will be accompanied by an exhibition of further works from Mahr’s series, on show until August 24th.
“I’ve always wanted to compose a perfume because, in my mind, scent and sound are sisters. In both mediums you work by relying on, or being in touch with, the things you don’t yet know, and that is really exciting to me.”
– Max Richter
“I’m so happy my series gets to sit alongside this beautiful perfume and in the extraordinary courtyard at Dover Street Market Paris. The world I see is beautiful in its diversity, in its complexity, the world I see is stronger for it. The world I see is in the process of becoming.”
– Yulia Mahr
One of the most influential and acclaimed composers of his generation, Richter is known for his ability to seamlessly blend traditional orchestrations with modern electronic elements. His unparalleled ability to translate profound human experiences into musical compositions has earned him a dedicated global following, with his catalogue amassing over three billion streams to date.
Yulia Mahr is a multi-disciplinary artist working across sculpture, installation and lens-based work.
Max Richter 01 Eau de Toilette by Comme des Garçons Parfums retails for 130€ $160 £120 ¥22000
