Max Richter has collaborated with Comme des Garçons Parfums to create a new fragrance, launching July 24 in Paris, available from that day onwards at Dover Street Market Paris, Dover Street Parfums Market, Comme des Garçons Paris and soon followed by all CDG and DSM stores and other select retailers worldwide.

The fragrance invites wearers to engage with scent as a medium for memory, a quiet narrative composed in Richter’s unique voice. The fragrance centres on objects tied to Richter’s life and work: Graphite, Vetiver, Piano Soundboard Cedar, Violin Bow Rosin, Transistor, and Magnetic Tape.

The collaboration emerged from creative dialogues between Richter, his creative partner Yulia Mahr, and Comme des Garçons Parfums’ President Adrian Joffe. Multidisciplinary artist Yulia Mahr provided an original artwork from her series “The Church Of Our Becoming” for the packaging, while designer Zak Kyes led the packaging and product design. The fragrance itself was created with Comme des Garçons Parfums’ long term creative director Christian Astuguevieille, together with perfumer Guillaume Flavigny. The launch event at DSM Paris will be accompanied by an exhibition of further works from Mahr’s series, on show until August 24th.