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A black and gold lipstick writes the word Lacre across the screen in one wet stroke of colour, then turns to face you.

Paris. Shade of the day: 01 Cire Rouge 02 Lacre 03 Grenat 04 Encre 05 Nude Papier 06 Terre 07 Framboise 08 Rosewood 09 Sang de Boeuf 10 Aurore 11 Cacao 12 Minuit

Colour that sets like sealing wax.

One formula. Twelve shades. Made by hand in small batches.

Explore the shades

The formula

Wet, then satin.

It goes on as gloss and sets as satin. Watch a drop of it dry.

  1. The lipstick hangs point down. A bead of colour gathers at the slanted tip.
    The lipstick hangs point down. A bead of colour gathers at the slanted tip.
  2. The bead stretches into a thread and lets go.
    The bead stretches into a thread and lets go.
  3. The drop lands and spreads into a glossy pool.
    The drop lands and spreads into a glossy pool.
  4. The pool has set to a soft satin.
    The pool has set to a soft satin.
  • Sets in ninety seconds
  • Eight hours, one coat
  • Twelve ingredients

The case

Made to be opened slowly.

Lacquered brass, a champagne gold band, a bullet cut on the slant. The refill clicks in and the case stays.

  1. The closed case stands on a black lacquer floor.
    The closed case stands on a black lacquer floor.
  2. The cap lifts away from the case.
    The cap lifts away from the case.
  3. The bullet turns and rises from the gold band.
    The bullet turns and rises from the gold band.
  4. The cap has landed beside the open lipstick.
    The cap has landed beside the open lipstick.
  • The case Brass, seven coats of black lacquer
  • The band Champagne gold, brushed by hand
  • The bullet Cut at 52 degrees, three facets
  • The refill Clicks out, clicks in. 32 EUR

The twelve

Twelve shades, one formula.

Touch a stroke to see it on the bullet. Open it to see it on skin.

01 Cire Rouge Satin, red 02 Lacre Satin, red 03 Grenat Velvet, berry 04 Encre Velvet, berry 05 Nude Papier Sheer, nude 06 Terre Satin, brown 07 Framboise Satin, berry 08 Rosewood Satin, nude 09 Sang de Boeuf Velvet, red 10 Aurore Sheer, red 11 Cacao Satin, brown 12 Minuit Velvet, berry

Hover or focus a stroke to try the colour.

On skin

Every shade, six skins.

The same colour reads differently on every mouth. Here is how.

01 Cire Rouge 02 Lacre 03 Grenat 04 Encre 05 Nude Papier 06 Terre 07 Framboise 08 Rosewood 09 Sang de Boeuf 10 Aurore 11 Cacao 12 Minuit

  • Deep
  • Rich
  • Warm
  • Medium
  • Light
  • Fair
A mouth and jaw in warm light, the colour still glossy before it sets.

One formula

Three things it does.

  1. Goes on wet, sets to satin.

    Applied, it is a gloss. In about ninety seconds the oils settle into the wax and the colour sets to a soft satin that does not move.

  2. One coat, eight hours.

    One pass holds its colour through a working day and a dinner. It fades evenly, never to a ring, and it does not bleed past the line.

  3. Twelve ingredients, named plainly.

    No fragrance, no mica, no drying alcohol. Every ingredient is printed on the case in words you can read.

Read the formula

Saison 01

Cire, the campaign.

Low light, bare skin and one colour. Photographed in a black studio.

See the campaign
A woman in a dark jacket looks straight at the camera, her lips a clean red.
Lacre, one coat.
Close view of a mouth in a red that has set to satin.
Ninety seconds later.
Waves of red and black lacquer catching the light.
Seven coats on brass.
A woman in a black dress sits in a dark studio, her lips a deep garnet red.
Grenat, in very little light.
A woman in profile draws a red lipstick across her lower lip.
From the corner, toward the centre.

Journal

Notes from the atelier.

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