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Véla Parfum2025Studio, Minneapolis

A fragrance launch, lit like dusk

Perfume bottle standing on black silk under a single hard light
The bottle, one light

Brief

Véla was launching its first eau de parfum with phone photos that made a $140 bottle look like a drugstore shelf. The launch needed images as deliberate as the juice.

Perfume flacon on a dark textured surface in warm amber light
Amber study

Approach

Low-key studio scenes built one light at a time — the bottle on black silk, an amber study on rough stone, nothing in the frame that didn't earn its shadow.

Seamless paper backdrop and parabolic umbrella on set between takes
The set, between takes

Result

The set carried the launch site, the retail pitch, and the press kit. The first run sold out in nine days.

9 days to sell out the launch run

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