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2024-07-12

The Launch Party

Photography by Haris Ahmed and Natasha Marshall

On the 19th June 2024, JOUISSANCE PARFUMS came to life. We hosted over a hundred guests in the Nash & Brandon rooms at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, where, with the help of a roster of talented collaborators, we built a JOUISSANCE world to delight every sense.

When we imagined our launch party, we pictured an imaginary writer of the 20th century, hosting a salon in the space where her domestic and creative lives merge. A happening, where every detail, from the staging to the food and the evening's entertainment, were a work of art in themselves.

Each set, designed for the Regency space by Maya Angeli, embodied one of our debut fragrances, with little hints at the inspirations behind them hidden in the mise en scène. For La Bague D'O, the dressing table symbolised a feminine domain for beauty and adornment with a steely edge and plenty of space for keeping secrets. The bed, the realm of Les Cahiers Secrets, is where a woman writes her diary, "in pencil so as not to stain the sheets". The clean, midcentury study nodded to the cerebral art critic and erotic memoirist who inspired En Plein Air.

The crowning glory, flowers by Christie Leigh, nodded to notes in the Jouissance fragrances.

The party menu was created by the brilliant Jago Rackham aka Ecstacy Cookbook. Each dish and drink contained a note from one of the debut Jouissance fragrances, with a Jouissance trifle for dessert. Not a crumb was left.

Ting Yu Gao inhabited the Les Cahiers Secrets space, captivating the crowd with a reading from Anaïs Nin's fragrance-filled erotic story 'Linda'. Finally Xiaoqiao closed the party with an otherworldly harp set from her silk and flower stage.

Set Design by Maya Angeli
La Bague D'O, Set Design by Maya Angeli and Flowers by Christie Leigh
La Bague D'O, Set Design by Maya Angeli and Flowers by Christie Leigh
En Plein Air, Set Design by Maya Angeli and flowers by Christie Leigh
En Plein Air, Set Design by Maya Angeli and Flowers by Christie Leigh
Les Cahiers Secrets, Set Design by Maya Angeli and flowers by Christie Leigh
LES CAHIERS SECRETS, Set Design by Maya Angeli and Flowers by Christie Leigh
Flowers by Christie Leigh
Flowers by Christie Leigh
Menu by Ecstasy Cookbook
Menu by Ecstasy Cookbook
Menu by Ecstasy Cookbook
Menu by Ecstasy Cookbook
Reading by Ting Yu Gao
Reading by Ting Yu Gao
Reading by Ting Yu Gao
Harp Set by Xiaoquio
Harp Set by Xiaoqiao
Harp Set by Xiaoqiao

Thank you to everyone who helped to make our launch a success.

Venue: The Institue of Contemporary Arts

Set Design: Maya Angeli

Menu: Ecstasy Cookbook

Flowers: Christie Leigh

Performances: Ting Yu Gao and Xiaoqiao

Sponsors: MarGin London and Shima Drinks

Assistance: Kerry LaPrince and Gracie Potts

†Photography by Haris Ahmed and Natasha Marshall

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