Packaging: Dragon motifs appear across product packaging crafted with delicate and striking illustrations. French beauty label L’Occitane’s gift box doubles as a dragon-patterned paper-cut lantern, which can be lit and hung in the home. Fellow French brand Guerlain’s trademark Bee Bottle has been adorned with a dragon crafted by Parisian jeweller Francesco Truscelli with a trail of faceted crystals around its neck. Both Shiseido-owned Laura Mercier and Korean brand Sulwhasoo feature golden dragon motifs on their limited-edition offerings, as does the mirror in Chinese brand Yensa’s gift box.
Floral murals form the focus of UK-based Lush’s reusable cotton Wild Spirit Knot Wrap designed by Hong Kong-based artist Bao Ho, depicting classic Chinese fairy tales containing bold flowers and mysterious dragons. US brand Oribe collaborated with Australian-Chinese artist Chris Chun on paintings of blooming peony roses for its packaging, with rich jewel tones of red and gold intertwined with dancing green wood dragons. Valentino launched a gift box with blooming metal flowers in a tangerine shade to help the packaging stand out, while British make-up artist Pat McGrath’s Luxe Quad: Bronze Borealis New Year Edition eye palette features gilded lotus flowers.
Elsewhere, French fragrance brand Diptyque collaborated with Chinese calligraphy artist Ao Hei on its limited-edition red box decorated with elegant ink strokes and gold foil for its white musk perfume L'Eau Papier. Hei’s design expresses his poetic vision of the world, inspired by the way ink saturates paper and how musk evolves and changes over time.
