Marie Jourdren
Creative Director
Luxury. Culture/Art. Experiences.

Marie Jourdren
Creative Director

Luxury. Culture/Art. Experience.

The Scent Room

MIXED REALITY REYAIL EXPERIENCE — 2018

CLIENT.     COTY GROUP (BURBERRY, CHLOÉ, GUCCI) 

ROLE.     CREATIVE DIRECTOR

CONTEXT.

Buying a fragrance is one of the most emotional, personal, and unpredictable decisions in retail — and one of the hardest to guide in a store saturated with visual and auditory noise. Coty Group wanted an experience that could isolate the customer from that noise, amplify the sensory power of fragrance, and help them find their scent through emotion rather than information.

APPROACH.

I led the creative direction of The Scent Room — an olfactory journey in mixed reality. Six scent stones on a counter, each representing a fragrance family. A custom VR headset that lets you see the real world around you — the hostess, the stones, the counter — until you pick up a stone and smell it. Then the world shifts. Flashes, like subliminal images or half-remembered dreams. A forest of moss and branches. An explosion of petals suspended in mid-air. Eight seconds of pure synaesthesia — scent made visible — before reality fades back in and you reach for the next stone. The entire experience lasts under two minutes. The hostess guides you through it, collects your emotional reactions, and directs you to the fragrances that match your olfactory profile. You leave with a personalised scent video you can share — and Coty leaves with your data.

WORK.

A world premiere in mixed reality retail. Six immersive scent universes. A custom headset designed for seamless transition between reality and VR — no breaks in immersion. Tested in New York, deployed in Buenos Aires. A format that turns fragrance discovery into something closer to a waking dream than a shopping trip.

TRAILER.

SCENT STONE DESIGN.

SCENT UNIVERSES.

CREATIVE DIRECTION. MARIE JOURDREN
PRODUCTION. DV GROUP

MUSIC

PHILIP GLASS

CIRCUS DIRECTION

TILDE BJÖSFORS (CIRKÜS CIRKÖK)

VISUAL DESIGN

MAT COLLISHAW

LIBRETTO

DAVID HENRY HWANG, AFTER ROBERT LAX

SET DESIGN

CHRISTIAN FRIEDLÄNDER

SET CREATIVE AND TECH CONSULTING

MARIE JOURDREN

PRODUCTION

PONT-NEUF