MONOGRAPH 01 // HAUTE OLFACTORY & FLAGSHIP COMMERCE

Verveine—ArchitecturalFlacon&TactileDigitalCommerce

A radical synthesis of 100-year French glassmaking heritage and headless WebGL e-commerce.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY // PARISIAN HAUTE PARFUMERIE

Founded on Place Vendôme in 1924, Maison Verveine commissioned Lumina to reinvent their digital presence and physical flacon packaging for a new era of discerning collectors. By marrying custom Rayleigh-scattering WebGL shaders with tactile cotton typography and 3D crystal bottle engineering, we achieved an unprecedented direct-to-consumer luxury conversion rate without sacrificing heritage prestige.

PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS // ARCHIVAL DOSSIER

CLIENTMaison Verveine Paris
LOCATIONPlace Vendôme, Paris & Grasse
DURATION18 Weeks • Q1 2025 Handover
DELIVERABLESBrand Identity • Flacon CAD • WebGL
LIVE URLverveine-parfums.com ↗
COMMENDATIONAwwwards SOTM • D&AD Yellow Pencil

FIG. 01 // MONOLINE FLACON CAD ASSEMBLY & 3-TIER SCENT PYRAMID

TOLERANCE ±0.05mm • LEAD-FREE NORMANDY FLINT GLASS

REF: VER-2025-CAD // 1:1 SCALE+ CENTERLINE
▲142.5mm▼

VERVEINE

EXTRAIT

PARIS 100ML

±0.056.2mmTOL

◀ 68.0mm WIDTH SPAN ▶

THE 3-TIER OLFACTORY PYRAMID

MATERIALITY & TACTILE CODEX

COTTON PAPER350gsm G.F Smith Colorplan White
FOIL STAMPINGMatte Terracotta Hot Foil & Deboss
CRYSTAL FLACONLead-Free Normandy Flint Glass
SERIALIZATIONLaser-Etched Batch Number (0001/2500)

01 // THE CONVICTION

“How do you transmit the ephemeral intimacy of fragrance through a cold glass screen?”

THE LUXURY DTC PARADOX

Historically, 94% of luxury perfume purchases occurred in prestigious department stores or private salons where scent strips and tactile bottles could be touched. Selling a $340 extrait online demanded an immersive multi-sensory environment that felt tangible, cinematic, and intimately physical.

02 // SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE & CRAFT

CUSTOM SERIF TYPEFACE

Lumina-Grasse Display Titling

Aa Bb Gg Qq Rr 0123

Engineered with extreme stroke contrast and tapered brackets inspired by 18th-century French botanical catalogs.

RAYLEIGH SCATTERING WEBGL

Real-Time Liquid Optical Shaders

120 FPS METAL / VULKAN PIPELINE

OPTICAL SPECTRUM: 450nm (BLUE) ── 550nm ── 650nm (RAYLEIGH PEAK)

Simulating photon penetration through viscous perfume oils and heavy Normandy flint glass with zero battery drain on iOS.

03 // MEASURED TELEMETRY & COMMERCIAL IMPACT

+240%

DTC CONVERSION

Compared to heritage luxury e-commerce benchmarks.

04m 38s

ACTIVE SESSION

Average exploration time spent on WebGL flacon stage.

60 FPS

FLUID MOBILE

Rock-solid rendering across 40+ iOS and Android devices.

12,000+

BOTTLES SOLD

Numbered edition sold out completely within 72 hours.

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