With The Blood of Stonesnysædition has created a sculptural fountain where design, fragrance, and ritual intertwine. Conceived as an ode to the earth after the rain, this piece transforms the garden into a theatre of rebirth.
In a landscape saturated with objects, some creators choose slowness. Sculpted in Nice during the winter of 2024/2025, The Blood of Stones It appears as a garden shower made of Fontvieille limestone. But beyond its function, the work reveals an allegory: that of the rock which, in winter, absorbs water and minerals to release them in spring. Matter becomes an organism, a memory of a life cycle.
Charles Guerlain and Marion Saxod, founders of nysædition, drew inspiration for this project from the hills of Nice. Their approach, Mediterranean in spirit, captures the moment when rain meets the earth, releasing the unique scent of petrichor. To prolong this sensation, perfumer Paul Guerlain created an original fragrance, integrated into the artwork and diffused by effervescent pebbles that transform water into a floral infusion.
The object is activated by gesture. The piece reveals itself through use: the shower, the sink, the sculpted floor invite the creation of a ritual, like a gardener putting down their tools to plunge their hands into the water. It is not simply a decorative installation, but a sensory experience where touch, smell, and the sound of water converge.
With its monumental dimensions (2,40 meters long, 2,20 meters high, weighing over a ton), The Blood of Stones It stands out as a manifesto piece. But beyond the scale, it embodies a philosophy: to create objects rooted in a territory, designed for the garden, conceived as carriers of scents and memory.
nysædition pursues a unique exploration where perfume becomes a sculptural medium. The duo works with local materials – stone, cork, steel – to reveal their intrinsic poetry. Each piece becomes a micro-territory, choreographing the diffusion of a scent and inscribing a ritual within the material.
The Blood of Stones This is not simply a design project. It is a statement: the garden as an intimate space, stone as a living entity, fragrance as an invisible language. An ode to the earth that still breathes, and that, in the rain, remembers.
