DRIES VAN NOTEN IMPOSSIBLE COMBINATIONS BEAUTY COLLECTION

  • Publish date: Saturday، 20 May 2023
DRIES VAN NOTEN IMPOSSIBLE COMBINATIONS BEAUTY COLLECTION

The house design codes of counterpoint and contrast are vividly reected in the fragrance bottles and lipstick vials creating a striking visual statement through the playful use of juxtaposed materials, patterns and textures. Each bottle, an object of beauty itself, is a translation of the fragrance’s duality. Discover amazing and unlikely combinations of materials with many industry rsts that celebrate craftsmanship and industrial innovations that provoke sensorial surprise and delight. Every gesture, from the opening of a perfume bottle to the twisting of a lipstick, inspires a magical journey into Dries’ world: expect the unexpected.

DRIES VAN NOTEN | BOIS DEFENDU

BEAUTIFUL, ETHICAL

No modern beauty brand may exist without a sustainable vision and Dries Van Noten Beauty ies the banner for ethical sourcing and preservation of craftsmanship, following rigorous processes that prioritise respect and integrity for the planet and its people. From recycling to upcycling, natural origin ingredients, animal-friendly formulas, and responsible sourcing, the touch points of ethical commerce are all present.

  • Fragrance bottles and lipstick cases are rellable and collectable.

  • Innovative sustainable design development processes and materials include responsibly sourced, recyclable

    materials: glass and aluminium, and PEFC® certied wood from sustainably managed forests.

  • Eau de parfum secondary packaging is made from an innovative technique allowing a completely original and

    bespoke design, using renewable natural wood bres from carefully chosen well-managed forests.

  • Other secondary packaging uses a FSC certied recyclable paper.

  • Fragrances feature from 85% upwards natural origin ingredients; make-up is animal- friendly enriched with

    rosehip oil.

  • Fashion drawstring pouches use upcycled fabrics from previous fashion collections

    THE FRAGRANCES

    OLFACTIVE UNIVERSE

    “How do you feel when you walk in a garden? How can you translate a certain feeling, a certain emotion?” are questions Dries has been exploring in his collections for decades. Previously woven into the subconscious of the designer’s vision, now scent - and more importantly, how it makes us feel - is front and centre in this collection of fragrances.

    ECLECTIC AND UNEXPECTED

    A walk in Dries’ garden and immersion in his world sparked the inspiration of the leading international perfumers he invited to co- create. Each interprets and shares their own creative vision of the brand’s unexpected olfactive universe. The result? Contradictory, rule- breaking, game-changing genderless fragrances which still pay homage to traditional perfumery gestures with bottles inspired by apothecary vials. This traditionally modern collection includes classic eaux de colognes, soap bars and scented creams in impossible combinations that coexist beautifully.

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JARDIN DE L’ORANGERIE

A bright yellow glass with a fragile rose base.

THE EAUX DE PARFUMS

“A beautiful duality of nature-inspired orange blossom with the contrast of sweet, heavy, milky, mature orange blossom; this flower can express so many different faces.” — Daniela Andrier

NEON GARDEN

A colour block featuring a neon green base with sky blue glass.

“There is a baffling harmony through the fusion of contradictory ideas.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

ROSA CARNIVORA

A graceful association of powdery glass with monochrome “animalier” printed porcelain.

“This is nature: unfiltered, with all its little flaws. This rose is not romantic: it is strangely beautiful, real, imperfect and ambiguous.” — Daphné Bugey

RAVING ROSE

A bubble-gum pink bottle mixed with a vibrant red metallic base.

“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

BOIS DEFENDU

A unique crafted bottle made from certied PEFC® wood and forest green glass.

“Nothing is forbidden in Dries’ world, where antagonistic elements are combined to create surprise. This fragrance is like a light and dark olfactive pattern of fresh green leaves of clary sage rubbing against the woody leaves of patchouli.” — Nicolas Bonneville

SANTAL GREENERY

A delicate white opaque glass bottle with a green base, decorated with shadows of nature.“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

VOODOO CHILE

A midnight blue glass bottle with a metal base engraved with leaves.

“I was inspired by the iconic Jimi Hendrix track that came out of the energy of collective creativity. 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

ROCK THE MYRRH

A crafted masterpiece made of French hand-painted porcelain combined with amber glass.

“Inspired by The Dries Van Noten Parisian boutique with its elegant and precious textures, the eclectic and mystical atmosphere that reigns gave inspired the idea of an adorned myrrh. It is here, an overdose of myrrh is joined by resins of benzoin and cistus dressed up with delights of cypress and pink pepper.” — Amélie Jacquin

FLEUR DU MAL

A tortoiseshell-inspired base holding a violet glass bottle.

“I wanted to create a perfume of contrast using osmanthus which has a duality and unexpected quality. It appears delicate and innocent but it can be very sensual, almost animalic; this flower, that seems to be an angel, can turn devilish.” — Quentin Bisch

SOIE MALAQUAIS

A seductive and unique porcelain piece inspired by Delft blue combined with a dark burgundy glass.

“I fell in love with Dries’ silk dresses in his Quai Malaquais boutique. The texture was so fluid it seemed to merge with the skin, which gave me the idea for a silky, enveloping perfume. It’s a balmy gourmand mix of chestnut with sensual, silky vanilla.” — Marie Salamagne

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THE REFILL

OTHER GESTURES

The surprise of an industrial recyclable glass bottle wrapped in delicate silk paper decorated to match each perfume acon. For easy relling, the bottles come with a key to unlock the cap and funnel for dispensing.

THE CREAMS

A selection of scented hand creams to enhance the fragrance experience, featuring natural origin ingredients, formulated with rosehip oil, shea butter, almond oil and natural antioxidants to moisturise and care for skin.
Available as: Neon Garden, Bois Défendu and Soie Malaquais

THE SOAPS

A choice of two perfumed bar soaps referencing traditional beauty gestures, featuring natural origin ingredients, formulated with rosehip oil to care for hands.
Available as: Raving Rose and Rock the Myrrh

THE TRAVEL POUCH

Portable and collectable, a choice of three favourite fragrances creates a bespoke set wrapped in tailor-made fabric inspired by the brand archive fabric.

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THE MAKE-UP

With more than 100 fashion shows to his name Dries Van Noten knows beauty. Working with the world’s leading hair and make-up creatives his shows have always featured fearless beauty statements that play on the materiality of fashion, using feathers, beads, jewels and metals alongside make-up to complement his collections and adorn his models; the pared-back beauty look is rarely Dries’ Aesthetic.

“Make-up is magic: it’s the way you want to show yourself, to express yourself and how you feel at a certain moment.”

The perfect balance of elegance and surprise is Dries’ make-up signature, realised with the help of a creative talent pool generating dynamic conversations that lie at the heart of the Dries Van Noten beauty vision. As an introduction to Dries’ vision on make-up, lipstick comes rst to be followed by a complete collection for the face, eyes and nails, that represent the world of impossible combinations unique to Dries.

THE LIPSTICKS

But make-up isn’t just about the end result; the gestures, rituals and tools of application are as important. Dries understands the pull of a desire-inspiring object. Falling in love with a lipstick starts with the case and continues with the colour inside, how it feels on the lips, its scent, ingredients as well as the visual eect that it has.

The theme of impossible combinations is expressed from lipstick case to colour and texture. Four rellable cases, combining endlessly recyclable Zamak, in clashing top and bottom prints inspired by fabrics from the fashion collections, open to reveal a choice of 30 colours in satin, matte and sheer nishes and one clear balm. Consciously created with a caring formula that features rosehip oil to care for the lips.

FOUR REFILLABLE CASES: CORAL CERAMIC

Jaspered coral meets a blue on white ceramic-inspired pattern for a unique, artistic ourish.

NEON PRINT

The clash of animalier print with a signature uoro spring green.

MALACHITE SNAKE

Viridian green and black mineral plays against amber and black serpent.

CLOCKWORK LEATHER

A counterpoint of ery orange and sleek, black snake.

THE FINISHES

15 satin shades, 10 matte shades, 5 sheers and 1 transparent balm. An abundance of expressive colours to enchant and enhance.

THE LIP BRUSH

The artistry of application using the ultimate accessory, a lip brush made from synthetic hairs.

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THE ACCESSORIES

Fashionable beauty accessories, alluding to traditional grooming gestures.

Pochette in calf leather and printed base: • tortoiseshell print and epochal burro
• green check and epochal Bordeaux
• green leaves and epochal giallo

• birds and epochal becca d’oca
• zebra print and epochal ombretta

Half-moon meets square Italian resin mirror in choice of contrast calf leather cases. • Tortoiseshell pattern and pink
• Green check and blue marble
• Chinoiserie birds and yellow

• Zebra and tortoiseshell print
Wide-tooth Italian resin comb in bi-colour blue marble and yellow; tortoiseshell print and pink

THE WRAPPING CEREMONY

Eau de parfum and make-up purchases are slipped into a choice of four beautiful draw-string pouches. In Dries Van Noten fashion boutiques, they’re made with upcycled fabrics from past collections, a statement in creative sustainability.

THE LAUNCH

Dries Van Noten Beauty launches in the Middle East exclusively at Harvey Nichols Kuwait in November 2022.