Brick storefront glows at dusk, with the Ombré Leather name lit above the entrance.

Ombré Leather Reserve

Downtown New York

Tom Ford

A yellow cab blurs past as guests gather at the Ombré Leather entrance after dark.

The business challenge

Tom Ford needed to launch Ombré Leather Reserve as the hero of its fragrance franchise and build awareness among fragrance press, creators and VIP clients in New York.

The answer

Heat & Hide built a Western-inspired launch around the scent’s defining qualities, warmth, texture and leather, so meeting the fragrance meant handling the materials behind it in a downtown warehouse.

Content was part of the plan from the start, with lit stations and framed moments shaped to keep the launch moving after the doors closed.

A packed room of guests mingles beneath exposed pipes and a glowing screen.
Dark stones sit beside the bottles, and one guest lifts one to his nose.
A group of guests lines up in black and pink for a shared, celebratory moment.

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Attendees

A guitarist sings under the TOM FORD wordmark, bringing live music to the leather activation.
A staff member shaves a block at the counter while a guest leans in closer.

104 min

104 min

104 min

Average dwell time

Whole spices get pounded by hand in stone, a slow step done in plain view.
A lemon twist curls over the rim, a bright note against the pale cocktail.
A gold-zipped black leather pouch passes hand to hand across the counter.

289,000

289,000

289,000

Tracked engagements

The result

The experience turned a launch into something guests performed: they worked the raw materials, wore the scent on leather and stayed with it well past a quick appointment, which gave guests a story about the fragrance they could retell in their own words.

Guests lean in to watch the hot foil stamp take shape by hand.

Leather engraving

Two hands work the leather cuff closed, making the wrist the focal point of the moment.

Scented bracelets

He leans in close to the vial, one warm lamp lighting the moment.
Wide-brimmed hats frame two guests posing, with one small bottle waiting on the plinth.
The warm wood-grain backdrop gives photographers a clean frame for the Ombré Leather press moment.
Rows of champagne flutes line the bar beneath the TOM FORD Ombré Leather sign.
Three TOM FORD bags flank a single Ombré Leather bottle on the dark display.

VIP GIFTING

The white jacket holds its own against a glowing sunset backdrop, hat and all.

IMMERSIVE PORTRAITS

A guest poses against the branded backdrop in an oversized gray off-shoulder jacket and black trousers.
Pink-centered beef sits on crisp toast, finished with a sprig of herb.
Fragrance talk happens close across a black counter, with bottles set on stone.

Heat & Hide

A Western-inspired, multi-sensory fragrance launch

Drawn from Western craft, the experience gave each quality of the scent something to do.

Engraving and scented bracelets put the hide on the body; pounded spices and shaved wood opened the composition note by note; cocktails and live music held the heat of the room.

Guests learned the fragrance by handling what it is made of, which turned a sample into something they had done.


Phones go up as guests frame the activation under a glowing studio light.

Heat travelled

Capture was planned into the room itself: warm lamps over the counters, a photographer working the floor, a wood-grain frame for press portraits, and objects guests made and wore out of the warehouse. Creators found several moments worth filming across the night, press left with clean images and a clear angle on the launch, and the coverage that followed carried Ombré Leather Reserve far past the guest list into feeds and publications.

ROI: Coverage and conversation that lasted

392

Posts created

13

Press hits

68,500,000

Potential press impressions

Modeled

$1.2M

Social media value

Phones go up as guests frame the activation under a glowing studio light.

Heat travelled

Capture was planned into the room itself: warm lamps over the counters, a photographer working the floor, a wood-grain frame for press portraits, and objects guests made and wore out of the warehouse. Creators found several moments worth filming across the night, press left with clean images and a clear angle on the launch, and the coverage that followed carried Ombré Leather Reserve far past the guest list into feeds and publications.

ROI: Coverage and conversation that lasted

392

Posts created

13

Press hits

68,500,000

Potential press impressions

Modeled

$1.2M

Social media value

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