#dries-van-noten

#dries-van-noten

The unisex perfume, Soie Malaquais, launched by Dries Van Noten in 2022, has been specially packaged in five unique bottles by the Belgian artist Bouke de Vries, on sale at the designer's London and New York stores. The scent, developed by Marie Salamagne after a visit to Van Noten's garden (an impressive one, surrounding an equally impressive château), is a warm mix of chestnut, rose, blackcurrant and cardamom.

After we bought the palazzo, we lay on the floor in the music room to look at the details in the ceilings-and to understand what we just bought. That spirit of curiosity has guided curatorial decisions, as they placed artworks in conversation with ornate interiors.

I thought about how Marcelo Mastroianni once spoke of a paradoxical nostalgia del futuro, beyond the lost paradises imagined by Proust, and how we continue to pursue our dreams knowing that, at some point, we can look back on them with love.