Chapter V · Modern Leather · Eau de Parfum
Radiant Darkness
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Shadow Éclat is a modern leather eau de parfum by Rei Nguyen of R Parfums, inspired by James Moriarty. Green mandarin, ozone and magnolia open it; geranium, rose, iris and osmanthus form its middle; immortelle, black pepper and suede leather settle at the base.
Chapter V · The story
“James Moriarty — an imperfect soul, proud and full of presence.”
Shadow Éclat was first shown in December 2024, as the eighth story of Rei’s exhibition Letters from 221B Baker Street: Scents of Shadow, at 34 Nguyễn Duy Hiệu. For it she wrote a short story: a November night under a supermoon, an attic far from the city, sample 53, which will go no further, and a black cat that answers to Professor Moriarty.
Later, in February 2025, the scent went with 221B to Hanoi, for the exhibition Light and Shadow.
In the press: Robb Report Vietnam, 2025, on Shadow Éclat: what stands out is its shrewdness and pride (translated from Vietnamese).
For the record
Golden Osmanthus Awards 2026Finalist · Best Overseas Fragrance
A finalist from Vietnam in the category.
Reaching this stage followed a rigorous selection process spanning several months:
Founded in China in 2023 by the China Daily Chemicals Association (CHCIA) and Rayli Magazine. Awards ceremony: Shanghai, 27 November 2026.
The composition
A leather scent puts the smell of worked hide at its centre. In Shadow Éclat that hide is suede, softer than polished leather, set among flowers, honeyed osmanthus and black pepper. The scent is the same in the Patina and the Ceramic bottle.
Suede leather, against the soft herbal calm of geranium and the smoky, honeyed facets of osmanthus and immortelle.
“The suede is rendered with restraint, like an elegant dark tone moving through shadow.”
Where the moon meets the sun. Where yin and yang look into each other.
Pure as day is night. A place where every element is allowed to take its true role, and to be set exactly where it belongs — just as Moriarty chooses to stand in the dusty night mist of London.
I call this the radiance of darkness.
One scent, two bottles
Same scent, two bottles: Patina on Brass or Ceramic — see how each is made.
Patina · 50 ml
Three pieces of brass, each caught at a different moment in time. No two bottles are alike; each is made for one owner.
Each piece is corroded, filed and set by hand. How the plate is made →
Its plate carries the Brown Blue Patina the house keeps for its more inward scents: 221B, Béton Chaud and Shadow Éclat.
Film Series #1 — The Patina Bottle
Ceramic · 50 ml
A round ceramic cap in a glaze that recalls Chu Đậu ware. The glaze follows the scent, black for Shadow Éclat, and the maker’s hand the tassel, so each Ceramic bottle comes to you as it was finished.
Each cap is cast in a mould, its mouth cut and sponged, then dried, glazed and fired. The glaze shifts with the light, and from one firing to the next. How a Ceramic cap is made →
With a tassel and a two-sided ceramic charm: the R logo on one face, the name of its scent on the other.
Film · 1:29 · silent Ceramic and fire| Feature | Patina · 50 ml | Ceramic · 50 ml |
|---|---|---|
| The scent | Shadow Éclat, eau de parfum | The same scent |
| Volume | 50 ml / 1.7 fl. oz. | 50 ml / 1.7 fl. oz. |
| What it is made of | Glass, with three hand-finished brass pieces | Glass, with a round ceramic cap fired at 1000°C |
| How it is made | Each piece corroded, filed and polished, then set on the glass | Liquid clay poured into moulds; the mouth cut and sponged; glazed, then fired |
| What changes | Piece I keeps its brass, piece II is caught midway, piece III has turned fully to patina. A UV-resistant coat slows the change; it does not stop it | The glaze reads differently as the light changes, and no two firings give quite the same colour |
| Detail | Brown Blue Patina, shared with 221B and Béton Chaud | A glaze that recalls Chu Đậu ware; ceramic charm: the R logo on one side, the scent’s name on the other |
| Price, incl. 8% VAT | 4.860.000 ₫US$195 | 4.131.000 ₫US$165, Currently unavailable · expected back late November |
| Go further | Shadow Éclat in Patina Patina in all six chapters How the plate is made | Shadow Éclat in Ceramic Ceramic in all six chapters How the cap is made |
Brass and clay, side by side: The craft · Its pair in the same two bottles: 221B in Patina · 221B in Ceramic
Shadow Éclat, by R Parfums, is a soft, restrained suede leather. It opens clean on green mandarin, ozone and magnolia, finds its voice in geranium, rose, iris and osmanthus, and settles on immortelle, black pepper and suede. Its family is modern leather; its concentration, eau de parfum.
Yes, the two were made as a pair. 221B is the light, drawn from Sherlock Holmes; Shadow Éclat is the shadow, drawn from Moriarty. Both use one palette of raw materials in a different balance. Shadow Éclat was first shown in December 2024, at Rei’s exhibition Letters from 221B Baker Street: Scents of Shadow. Read their chapter.
Yes. Order the 2 ml sample (224.640 ₫US$9), or take the 12 ml (1.285.200 ₫US$50); both are on Smaller sizes. Shadow Éclat is not yet in the Discovery Set, which holds the other five scents. Prices include 8% VAT.
Smell all six at our three houses in Ho Chi Minh City, open every day.
We deliver within Vietnam only — see Stockists for Taiwan.
Smell it in person
Each house keeps all six scents to try on skin. Try Shadow Éclat on paper, then on skin, and ask for 221B beside it.
House I
Open daily · 8:00–18:00
House II
Open daily · 9:00–22:00
House III
Open daily · 10:00–21:30
For those who choose to stand in the night mist of London’s streets.
