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Maison Fidé

A Chémin Client Study
CategoryBrand DevelopmentOfferBuild Your Own BrandContent TypeClient Study
Ehi, founder of Maison Fidé, holding the Thé à Marrakesh bottle up to the light in the Chémin studio

Ehi came to Chémin with a dream and a desire. Not yet a name. Not yet a brand.

Client
Maison Fidé
Engagement
Build Your Own Brand
Starting Point
A dream and a desire, with no name or brand
Chémin’s Work
Brand foundation, naming, narrative, identity, fragrance development, packaging direction and production.
Result
A fragrance house and its debut fragrance, Thé à Marrakesh
The Work

Chémin built Maison Fidé from the first idea through the finished bottle.

The work included the name, story and identity; the debut fragrance; packaging and material direction; and manufacturing and production.

Ehi, founder of Maison Fidé, eyes closed, holding a fragrance bottle beside the sample bottles in the Chémin studio
Ehi blending fragrance samples with a dropper at a studio table
Ehi in fragrance development.
The Founder

She carried a feeling rooted in memory, heritage and the sacred role of scent.

Chémin helped give that feeling a name.

Brand World Direction

The approved brand world for Maison Fidé.

Maison Fidé brand world direction: a woman in a draped linen robe seated before a carved stone arch beneath the Maison Fidé crest and wordmark
Honoring culture. Elevating rituals. Maison Fidé, debossed on warm textured paper
The arched Maison Fidé card with a debossed gold and ivory tile pattern
The arched card and tile pattern.
The Maison Fidé moodboard: clasped hands, terracotta walls, sage leaves, clay vessels, incense smoke and a tea ritual
From the Maison Fidé moodboard.
Honoring culture. Elevating rituals.

A luxury fragrance house rooted in ritual and return.

The name, story and identity were shaped to speak the same language.

Maison Fidé brand graphic: the word African in warm blush lettering, framed by luxe and beauty, over draped olive fabric The full Thé à Marrakesh bottle, ribbed glass with a wooden cap and engraved gold Maison Fidé label, standing before a white marble block
The Fragrance

Thé à Marrakesh

The debut fragrance of Maison Fidé.

The bottle, box, color and materials were tested, reconsidered and refined.

Chémin then carried the fragrance through manufacturing and production.

The Result

A ritual made tangible.

Maison Fidé entered the world with a name, a story, an identity and its debut fragrance, Thé à Marrakesh.

Every element began with one idea: scent as a way of honoring where we come from.

Ehi, founder of Maison Fidé, studying a bottle of fragrance in the Chémin studio
Client Voice
“Ok, yea, we got it! Perfect Oud, perfect tonka, you just took it to the next level.”
EhiFounder, Maison Fidé
Ready to Build

How should people feel when they encounter what you are building?

Tell us what you are ready to create. We will begin with the foundation.

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