STEPHANE HUMBERT LUCAS
Le 8
2025
bergamot
yuzu
cypress
cinnamon leaf
hibiscus
ho wood
lacquer accord
marco polo tea
strawberry tree
cherry blossom
peony
leathery saffron
tonka bean
amber xtreme
sandalwood
vanilla
‘This ‘special creation’ feels like an obvious path, according to Stéphane Humbert Lucas. “This very particular capsule arrives at the perfect moment. The Year of the Snake was celebrated six months ago.” Drawing once more on the eponymous design inspired by this totemic creature, the creator transformed it into an 8 — a number that, in China, symbolizes infinity, luck, and prosperity. “This little jewel could only be red and gold — one of the most powerful codes in the symbolic world of color. It wasn’t too late, so it is never too late. Joy exists in everything; you simply have to know how to extract it”. This new snake, with notes both tense and languid, comes with an atmospheric text where every word is a key, and a transfigured portrait of the artist himself. Stéphane Humbert Lucas’s 8 will be available in a limited number of points of sale: Harrods – London, Printemps Haussmann – Paris, Taizo – Cannes and the brand’s own website (…) In the Chinese culture, the serpent represents transformation and intelligence, patience, wisdom and mystery. The number 8 suggests the bucket of infinity. A leap into infinity. What could be more inspiring than working with these 2 values added to a great country of thousands years old, with its many specific features and distinctive characteristics. With his 8, the designer sets off into a new land of symbols, imagination and daring. “This creation, this ‘ruby and gold’ snake, gives me a new platform, the chance to express my attraction for adventure, the kind that leads to the Far East, to an ancestral China with stamped formulas. This perfume is a controlled extravagance, it’s theatrical.” “I wanted a fragrance with strong, powerful accents, but also one that was slow and traditional. I embarked on a kind of personification, slipping into many skins, those of a warrior, a wise man, a courtesan, like a studio actor in a film, as if caught up in using scents that seemed stereotyped. This new snake is a kind of joyful introspection, a carnival, an anthology of preconceived ideas that had to be married without forcing them.”’ – Stephane Humbert Lucas
