Patina · 50 ml
Record · 2025
Light and Shadow
Light and Shadow was the first time R Parfums took a scent exhibition to Hanoi, open from 14 to 20 February 2025 at TÁCH Spaces, 20 Hai Bà Trưng. It continued Letters from 221B Baker Street from Ho Chi Minh City under a new name. Among more than 2,000 letters, Rei Nguyen borrowed Sherlock Holmes and James Moriarty to tell of good and evil, light and dark, in scent.
At a glance
- Dates
- 14–20 February 2025
- Place
- TÁCH Spaces, 20 Hai Bà Trưng, Hanoi
- Type
- Scent exhibition · first time in Hanoi
- Perfumer
- Rei Nguyen
- Admission
- Free admission, by registration
Opening words
The art of formulation is akin to alchemy, where balance plays an essential role.
The exhibition
Eight stories, two rooms
The eight stories of 221B were told again in Hanoi, across two rooms: four in Sherlock Holmes’s room, four in Moriarty’s. The full text is in one Journal article; Rei’s voice telling seven of the eight, most in both Vietnamese and English, is in the Listening Room.
- 01London FogTrong màn sương bụi giữa Luân ĐônReadListen
- 02The Sign of FourGiải mã “Dấu bộ tứ”ReadListen
- 03The SoulTrái tim của kẻ liều lĩnh mộng mơReadListen
- 04Letters to 221B Baker StreetLá thư gửi đến số nhà 221B đường Baker, Luân ĐônReadListen
- 05The Napoleon of CrimeKẻ chinh phạt bóng tốiReadListen
- 06The DriveĐộng cơRead
- 07The Reichenbach FallsVực sángReadListen
- 08Shadow ÉclatBóng đêm rực rỡReadListen
Inside the exhibition
Nearly three months of preparation, three days of building, and more than 2,000 letters gathered, sorted and preserved to rebuild the installation in Hanoi. 
Documents
In writing
In the Journal
- 22 January 2025Writing Contest: “A Letter to Self”
- 14 February 2025Light and Shadow Scent Exhibition Opens in Hanoi
- 16 February 2025Shadow Éclat – “Radiant Darkness” – Rei Nguyen’s Sixth Niche Scent
- 18 February 2025The “Light and Shadow” Scent Exhibition – From Saigon to Hanoi
- 19 February 2025Short Story: A Visit from the Moon
Press and television
- Việt Nam News · “Scent exhibition opens in Hà Nội”, 17 February 2025
- Hanoi Radio and Television · news report, 18 February 2025
- VTV3 · “Việt Nam Đa Sắc”, no. 614, 3 April 2025
From readers
After the exhibition, visitors described how its light, shadow, sound and scent came together to tell a single story.
Read what visitors saidThe scent that stays
Shadow Éclat, today
The light was 221B, the shadow Shadow Éclat: the two principal scents of Light and Shadow. The Journal introduced Shadow Éclat as Rei Nguyen’s sixth niche scent, beside 221B.
Where to smell →
Ceramic · 50 ml
Shadow Éclat
4.131.000 ₫US$165Prices include 8% VAT.
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