All work

Maison Brise

A 1970s Lyon perfumer, relaunched for homes in Hamburg, Copenhagen and Amsterdam.

What we made
Rebrand
Sector
Home fragrance
City
Lyon
Year
2024

The brief

A family perfume house known in France for candles and room sprays wanted to sell in Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. Its gilded look reminded northern shoppers of a hotel lobby.

Northern buyers wanted French craft without French fuss.

Measure: research

We visited concept stores and homes in Hamburg, Copenhagen and Amsterdam. People loved the scents in blind tests, then put the box back on the shelf.

Pattern: strategy

Keep the craft, lose the gold. Maison Brise becomes the fresh air of a Lyon atelier: precise, generous, quietly confident.

ArchetypeLover, with the calm of a Sage

Fit: identity

The original serif, redrawn lighter; ultramarine instead of gold; a breeze line that runs across boxes, labels and shelf edges.

Typeface
Bodoni Moda
Palette
  • #2743E8
  • #FFE8EF
  • #F2B7C9
  • #0D1A6B

Finish: toolkit

A packaging system across four product families, shelf and shop-in-shop guidelines, and product copy in four languages.

The result

Maison Brise relaunched with a shop-in-shop in Hamburg and one packaging system that now travels to every new market.