"Soie Malaquais is one of Dries Van Noten's most loved fragrances. Released in 2022, it was designed to evoke the "tactile pleasure" of silk - a warm, enveloping chestnut accord, lifted by rose, blackcurrant and cardamom. Just as distinctive is the bottle: like the rest of the Dries fragrance collection, it's a statement object in itself, with a coloured glass and a porcelain base inspired by Delft blue-and-white ceramics."
"Within those parameters, de Vries worked intuitively, putting himself at the mercy of the fragments in front of him. "I don't do drawings," he says. "I don't know where it's going to end ... The fragments I have in my hand determine how the thing develops." He sourced materials by following leads online, prioritising offbeat pieces that are easy to overlook, from humble ceramics to fragments from a 17th-century shipwreck."
Dries Van Noten is marking Soie Malaquais with a collectible-sculpture project in collaboration with Dutch artist Bouke De Vries. Soie Malaquais, released in 2022, evokes the tactile pleasure of silk with a warm chestnut accord uplifted by rose, blackcurrant and cardamom. The original bottle pairs coloured glass with a Delft-inspired porcelain base. De Vries, known for reconstructing ceramic fragments into baroque works, received full creative freedom to produce five unique bottles plus still-life pieces for London and New York boutiques. He worked intuitively, sourcing overlooked fragments including pieces from a 17th-century shipwreck.
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