Une maison de parfums se construit au présent. Ici, nous racontons les matières que nous découvrons, les accords que nous reprenons et les essais qui changent au contact de la peau.
Il y a des intuitions heureuses, des hésitations, des conversations avec Grasse et des certitudes qui ne passent pas la nuit. Chaque détour affine notre façon de sentir.
Ce Carnet garde la trace du chemin : la vanille comme point de départ, mais aussi l’air, la terre, les fleurs, les résines, Paris et les lieux qui nous mettent en mouvement.
A perfume house takes shape in the present. Here, we share the materials we discover, the accords we return to, and the trials that change on skin.
There are happy intuitions, hesitations, conversations with Grasse, and certainties that do not survive the night. Every detour sharpens the way we smell.
This Journal traces the journey: vanilla as a starting point, but also air, earth, flowers, resins, Paris, and the places that set us in motion.
Where opposites meet and ideas take shape.
Oxymore, conceived in Paris, born in Grasse.
Oxymore was born from a desire to explore perfumery differently.
Fewer rules, more freedom and openness. Supposed olfactory opposites that meet, create tension, intertwine, and embrace.
Before the perfume, there is a story. And we have chosen to share it with you.
Welcome to the world of Oxymore.
After months of ideas, research, and creation, Oxymore finally takes its first visible form: our website.
It is not yet a perfume. But perhaps you can already imagine, almost smell, the materials being explored, the accords being tested, the samples arriving… even the scent of paper as a pencil moves across the page, following the flow of ideas and inspiration.
A space to share our world, our inspirations, and the behind-the-scenes of a journey that is only just beginning.
A space for curiosity, creation, and freedom, where ideas take shape through discovery.
A search for air, space and purity.
What does it mean for a perfume to breathe? Across four episodes, a journey through sensations, references and raw materials – exploring one of the central ideas behind Oxymore: creating space within scent.
Nineteen samples, and nineteen different interpretations. Some immediately familiar, others unexpected. The first step is simply to smell, without deciding too quickly.
Some samples follow the brief. Others take us somewhere entirely different. Between the two, there are ideas worth keeping, details worth questioning, and a few clear goodbyes.
Then, a pause. Because sometimes understanding what we don’t want brings us a little closer to understanding what we do.
The first samples have arrived.
Some sweet, some surprising, some a little harder to define; exactly how we like it.
Now it’s time to smell, explore, experiment, and see where these first discoveries take Oxymore.