
Ombré Leather Reserve
Downtown New York
Tom Ford

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.



Attendees


Average dwell time



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.

Leather engraving

Scented bracelets





VIP GIFTING

IMMERSIVE PORTRAITS



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.
