Acne Studios is extending its first-ever fragrance into a full bath and body ritual, deepening their ongoing collaboration with French perfume house Éditions de Parfums Frédéric Malle.
Originally conceived by perfumer Suzy Le Helley in 2024, Acne Studios by Frédéric Malle was framed as a neoclassical perfume with an irreverent twist, vibrant yet comforting, familiar but slightly off-kilter in a way that feels very true to Acne Studios. A scent that walks the line between polished and radical, a fitting vessel for both brands’ shared, unbridled approach to creativity.
For summer, that idea evolves into a duo: a Body Wash and a Body Milk designed to be used together. The Body Wash creates a rich, fragrant lather that gently cleanses without stripping, leaving just a trace of the perfume once it’s rinsed away. The Body Milk follows up with a more cocooning step, enriched with shea butter and natural oils that melt into the skin while wrapping the body in a longer-lasting veil of scent.
Working alongside Acne Studios co-founder and creative director Jonny Johansson and Frédéric Malle, Suzy Le Helley returned with the goal of bottling Acne Studios’ visual language and craftsmanship in fragrance form. There’s a sense of “absolute creative freedom” baked in here, reflecting how both Acne and Frédéric Malle approach their work, experimental, but precise.