From the very beginning, music has played a key role in the Aesop experience—a long-standing axiom of the brand is that stores are best discovered via scent or sound. Today, playlists, mixtapes, and a storytelling podcast, Future Fables, form an ongoing series of sonic experiments entitled Radiomatique. Echoing the joyful vibrations passed from musician to listener, Aesop’s 2023-24 Gift Kits: Resonant Gestures are a quintet of kits act as a thoughtfully orchestrated ode to the power of song, allowing sound and rhythm to influence one’s psyche and surroundings.
Each named after one of five qualities that give music its magnetism––Melody, Rhythm, Texture, Harmony, and Form––the Gift Kits build upon a sensorial odyssey, amplifying affections and thoughtful gestures on formulations for the skin, hair, body, and home. The contents of each kit are accompanied by a specially composed piece by Paris-based musician Kiala Ogawa, influenced by the music of her childhood by mixing soulful jazz with afrobeat and Japanese funk to create soothing and intriguing soundscapes.
The melodious tracks are available right here.
Majestic Melodies
A quartet for the hands and body
A generous offering of crowd-pleasing formulations, this kit is a fitting ode to close confidants and companions. A time-honoured duet of Resurrection Aromatique Hand Wash and Hand Balm provide refreshment and replenishment throughout the cadences of the day, while Rejuvenate Intensive Body Balm and Geranium Leaf Body Cleanser serenade the skin in uplifting aromas.
Contents: Resurrection Aromatique Hand Wash 500mL, Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm 75mL, Rejuvenate Intensive Body Balm 100mL, Geranium Leaf Body Cleanser 100mL.
Rousing Rhythms
A buoyant trio for the body
Featuring enlivening notes of Geranium Leaf, Mandarin Rind and Bergamot Rind, played out across formulations to cleanse, exfoliate and hydrate the skin, Rousing Rhythms is the ideal accompaniment to the cadences of the day—and night.
Contents: Geranium Leaf Body Cleanser 100mL, Geranium Leaf Body Balm 100mL, Geranium Leaf Body Scrub 180mL.
Tuneful Textures
A symphonic trio for the hands
Providing all the recipient needs to conduct an exemplary hand care regimen—either at home or in transit—Tuneful Textures leaves hands scented with sonorous notes of Mandarin Rind, Rosemary Leaf and Cedar Atlas thanks to a crowd-pleasing hand wash, balm and rinse-free hand wash.
Contents: Resurrection Aromatique Hand Wash 500mL, Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm 75mL, Resurrection Rinse-Free Hand Wash 50mL.
Heartful Harmonies
A trio for virtuosos of hosting
Devised to create more symphonious surrounds, Heartful Harmonies includes a richly aromatic hand wash, a sprightly scented toilet-bowl tincture and an enlivening room spray. Idea for refreshing hands after conducting culinary experiments in the kitchen, or dulling discordant aromas in the home, this Gift Kit is ideal for generous hosts and homebirds.
Contents: Reverence Aromatique Hand Wash 500mL, Post Poo Drops 100mL, Istros Aromatique Room Spray 50mL.
Fabulous Forms
A trio for on-the-go replenishment
Attuned to the needs of busy schedules, Fabulous Forms features three portable formulations to provide refreshment and replenishment, presto; an evocatively scented hand balm, buoyant body cleanser and nourishing lip salve.
Contents: Resurrection Aromatique Hand Balm 75mL, Geranium Leaf Body Cleanser 100mL, Cedar & Citrus Lip Salve.
The Resonant Gestures quintet kits are available at Aesop signature stores and online at. For the full soundscape with Kiala Ogawa, kindly visit their website.
