seongnam christian choi chevalier

Seongnam ChristianChoi Chevalier

artist · berlin

i keep moments. as pictures, as scents.

i paint, i draw, and i give stories a scent as artistic director of MOTH AND RABBIT. Berlin is home. what follows: a story, sixteen perfumes, faces in ink, and the rooms i remember.

come in
how do you keep a moment?

i have always kept moments. in photographs, in rooms, in the way a place smells.
when someone i loved was gone, his scent stayed in the room. it kept him close longer than any photograph.
a scene from a film, translated into scent. it felt personal from the start.
if a scene could become a scent, maybe my own memories could become one too.
sixteen scenes i couldn’t let go of, kept in sixteen bottles.
i see the world through bipolar weather.

a climate

not a diagnosis. an atmospheric condition.

it changes colour, sensation, and the way memory moves through the body. my work comes from this shifting climate.

inside the weather

this work is not looking for balance. it is learning how to stay.

my paintings, drawings and scents don't illustrate bipolar disorder. they hold its weather: manic voltage, depressive quiet, tender equilibrium, and the fragile brightness in between. i ask one question: how can an artwork let us live inside the feelings that once broke us?

the rabbit: a duracell bunny. the moth: tattooed on my hand in london, at the start of that chapter. together, they became the name.
today, i feel well. good care, good food, rest. my family. my partner. all part of my recovery.
travelling brings new rooms, new light, new people into the story.
a room. a city. a moment i’ll want to remember. i’m still collecting.
every scent is a moment i chose to keep. thank you for stepping into mine.

the house

sixteen stories. you wear them from the inside.

MOTH AND RABBIT, co-founded with a business partner. Berlin and Paris. each scent begins as a story: a scene, a work of art, a relationship, the way we live together. the bottles stay plain; the humour stays in.

to the house

creating scents together with clients is part of my art world too.

how it works

first a feeling. then a formula.

the starting point is never a fashion for a note. it is a scene, a painting, a tension between people. the rest is restraint.

MOOD INDIGO bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No01

MOOD INDIGO

jazz, water lilies, and an afternoon that keeps losing its light.

eau de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Red Pepper, Camomille Romaine
heart
Geranium, Water Lily, Musk
base
Sandalwood, Incense, Amber, Cedarwood, Patchouli

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

LOVE EXPOSURE bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No02

LOVE EXPOSURE

white flowers with something feral underneath.

eau de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Ylang, Magnolia Flowers, Neroli Oil, Cassis
heart
Bay Oil, Cumin Oil, Costus, Jasmin Sambac
base
Incense, Musk, Sandalwood, Ambergris, Vanilla

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

DAISIES bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No03

DAISIES

sugar, colour, and very bad manners.

eau de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Yuzu Zest, Green Apple, Watermelon, Hazelnut, Peach
heart
Cinnamon, Chocolate, Candy, Sugar, Rose, Jasmin, Samba
base
Musk, Vanilla, Cedarwood, Opoponax, Leather, Patchouli

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

DREAMERS bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No04

DREAMERS

the sixties, a bathroom mirror, being twenty and certain.

eau de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Geranium Oil, Aldehydes, Violet Flower
heart
Lily Of The Valley, Rose Petals, Iris Benjoin Siam, Tonca
base
Cedre Sur Iris, Patchouli, Incense, Musk, Sandalwood, Vanilla, Myrrh

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

LA HAINE bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No05

LA HAINE

cold metal, calm air. something is about to happen.

eau de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Cold Aldehydes, Buchu Sulfur, Metallic Bloody Notes, Rum Aroma
heart
Bay Oil, Nutmeg, Cardamom, Leather, Cold Cedar, Birch Tar, Burnt Rubber
base
Cedar Atlas, Dark Musk, Moss

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

BLOW UP bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No06

BLOW UP

oil paint on wood. look closer and the picture changes.

eau de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Absinth, Safran, Cardamom, Cassis, Bourgeons, Oil Paint
heart
Cedar Leaf, Myrrh, Cypriol, Encens Pyrogene, Chinese Cedarwood
base
Ciste Labdanum, Bouleau, Leather, Woody Notes, Civette Abs., Amber

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

ENTER THE VOID bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No07

ENTER THE VOID

green neon, a wet alley, skin at night.

eau de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Skunk Note, Herbal Green, Cassis, Immortelle, Grapefruit, Lime Limelight
heart
Hot Skin Notes, White Aldehydes, Costus, Salicylates
base
Amber, Musk, Sandalwood

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

THE LOBSTER bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No08

THE LOBSTER

a cold, wet forest. two people. the warmth is the point.

extrait de parfum · 50 ml

top
Green Notes, Muguet Du Bois, Cypriol
heart
Leafy Notes, Cold Water, Cedarwood
base
Myrrh, Arnica, Fenugrec, Animal Notes, Smell Of Hummus, Moss

at the house · 50 ml · EUR 145

DUKE OF BURGUNDY bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

new in the house

No09

DUKE OF BURGUNDY

peach, soft musk, a trace of shoe polish. tenderness, rehearsed.

eau de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Angelica Root, Peach, Green Notes, Freesia, Davana
heart
Osmanthus Absolute, Jasmine, Leather, Cereal Note, Warm Skin Note
base
Shoe Polish Note, Soft Animalic Note, Musk, Heliotrope, Virginia Cedarwood, Sandalwood, Amber

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

DOLLS bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No10

DOLLS

a love that takes everything, in too much colour, and a little snow.

eau de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Cherry Blossom, Geranium Davana, Orange Blossom
heart
Ylang Ylang, Apple Blossom, Rose Oil, Sweet Maple Accord
base
Musk, Snowflake Accord, Amber Gris, Cedarwood, Animalic Notes

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

SINGLE MAN bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No11

SINGLE MAN

warm woods. an ordinary day. joy, returning quietly.

extrait de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Cardamom, Ginger Oil, Red Pepper, Winter Lemon Oil
heart
Nutmeg, Rose, Elemi Oil, Violet Wood, Cashmere Wood
base
Oakmoss, Amber, Patchouli, Mahogany, Cedarwood

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

PARASITE bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No12

PARASITE

a perfect lawn, freshly cut. politeness, with teeth.

eau de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Aldehyde, Cut Grass Note
heart
Freesia, Aquatic Note, Lily of the Valley
base
Myrrh, Guaiac Wood, Vetiver, Ambrox, Patchouli, Musk

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

MELANCHOLIA bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No13

MELANCHOLIA

green, floral, a little late for everything.

eau de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Cassis Abs., Green Apple, Violette Leaf, Bergamote
heart
Dates, Narcisse Abs, Liliy of the Valley, Musk
base
Clearwood, Vetiver Java, Incense Pyrogenee, Cade oil

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATE bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No14

THE COLOUR OF POMEGRANATE

white roses, ripe pomegranate. sweet, then bitter, like making anything.

extrait de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Pomegranate accord, Blackcurrant, Soapy Note, Citruses
heart
Rose Damascena Abs, Black Pepper Ess, Elemi Ess, Incense Ess and Resinoid, White Flowers
base
White Musk, Guaiac Wood, Labdanum Abs, Sandalwood, Costus Olifac.

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 145

I AM LOVE bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No15

I AM LOVE

orange and ginger. a perfect life, cracking open.

extrait de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Sweet orange Italy Ess, Cedrat Ess, Ginger CO2 Extract, Blackcurrant Note
heart
Turkish Damascena Abs Rose, Blackcurrant Blossom, Incense
base
Musc, Labdanum Absolute, Patchouli Ess, Ambrox

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 165

CHALLENGERS bottle, MOTH AND RABBIT

No16

CHALLENGERS

bergamot, rhubarb, a raised pulse. winning is the excuse.

extrait de parfum · 12 ml / 50 ml

top
Orange Brazil, Mandarin yellow, Bergamot, Lemon, Modern Woods, Rhubarb
heart
Magnolia flower, Raspberry, Violet, White flower, Aquatic Note
base
Cedar Virginia, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Amber, Musk

at the house · 12 ml · EUR 4450 ml · EUR 165

Interior mockup: a green and blue painted face by Seongnam Christian Choi Chevalier in a white room with a forest window and an olive armchair.

faces

some feelings have colour. some colours breathe.

i draw faces, often in one line that never lifts. ink, graphite, sometimes colour. they come out of bipolar weather, when the inner climate turns without warning. each one is an attempt to find a place for the self.

visions in motion →

Interior mockup: a monumental line-drawn face above two terracotta velvet chairs.

one line, never lifted. it moves the way a thought does.

Interior mockup: a large black brush face with a chandelier and a cognac leather lounger.

ink as a decision. big strokes, no second thoughts.

An ink-brush portrait drawing by Seongnam Christian Choi Chevalier, with a red seal.

brush and ink, signed with a red seal.

Interior mockup: a yellow painting with a black brush face in an arched stair niche.

a black brush face on yellow. the same face, another climate.

Interior mockup: an ochre and yellow portrait painting beside a window and a leather bench.

ochre and yellow: the warm side of the weather.

Interior mockup: an orange, green and yellow face under gallery spotlights.

orange, green, yellow. the loudest one.

Interior mockup: the orange and green face on a white wall, seen from across the room.

the same face, from further away.

Interior mockup: a blue-black ink figure in a cream mat and black frame above a marble console with candles.
Interior mockup: a scattered blue ink work in the same console setting.

blue-black ink. a figure arriving and leaving at once.

Interior mockup: a blue-black ink diptych above a stone bench in an arched, panelled room.

two sheets, one figure, split down the middle.

Interior mockup: four small framed ink works on a white stairwell wall.

four small inks. read them like a sentence.

Interior mockup: a black line face in a white mat beside a glass-brick wall and a black freestanding tub.

the line face, quiet in a white mat.

Interior mockup: close view of the black brush face below a chandelier.

closer. the brush leaves its own weather.

Interior mockup: a blue-black ink figure above a wooden chair on a plinth.

one figure, a lot of white around it.

Interior mockup: the line-drawn face in a tall view with terracotta chairs.

the line face again, at full height.

Seongnam Christian Choi Chevalier on a sofa in a hotel room lit deep blue.

elsewhere

hotels, palaces, museums, the sea. i keep the details.

light at the end of a corridor. the colour of a wall. how someone says welcome. these are the things i bring home.

A red lacquered hotel corridor running to a vanishing point.

lacquer red, all the way to the vanishing point.

A spired tower against a cobalt sky.
The edge of a modernist facade cutting into a deep blue sky.

a spire, a modernist edge, the same cobalt.

The sculpted crown of a baroque colonnade against a night-blue sky.

sculpted stone against a night-blue sky.

A red-and-white baroque palace with sculpted figures on its staircase balustrade.

a baroque staircase in hard sun.

A long picture gallery under a skylight vault.
A red picture gallery under a glazed dome.

one under a skylight, one under a dome. both too red to forget.

A courtyard under a triangular glass roof.

a courtyard, ruled in triangles of glass.

A golden spiral ceiling seen from below.

look up. keep looking.

Seongnam Christian Choi Chevalier reflected in a lit, mirrored dressing room.

a mirror, a few bulbs, a minute to myself.

Seongnam Christian Choi Chevalier in a long coat and sunglasses in a hotel room, between two lamps.

long coat, dark glasses, a room arranged for one.

A circular hotel lounge with panoramic windows.
A suite living room with a sea view.

round windows, then the sea.

A vaulted arcade with a bowl of red roses.

a vaulted arcade and one bowl of red.

A dark spa pool in low light.

dark water. no one talking.

A château facade lit at night.

a façade, lit for no one in particular.

Red geometric terraces above the sea.

red geometry, then the horizon.

Seongnam Christian Choi Chevalier in a grey jacket and sunglasses on a white terrace.

grey jacket, white light, the sea somewhere behind.

A foggy sea at blue hour with a faint coastline.

fog over the sea. the coast, almost.

Seongnam Christian Choi Chevalier in a black-and-white studio portrait, a triple exposure.

about

images, ink, scent.

Seongnam Christian Choi Chevalier is an artist based in Berlin. he paints, draws and develops perfume concepts, bringing art, music and scent together. he is founder and artistic director of MOTH AND RABBIT, co-founded with a business partner. he also works as Rabbit.

@choichevalier

portraits: Mischa Fanghänel

Seongnam Christian Choi Chevalier in a black-and-white studio series: four poses in a white polo, a sweater at his waist.

portraits: Mischa Fanghänel

art consultation

choosing what stays on the wall.

i help people live with art: what to choose, where it hangs, what it says to the rest of the room. and when an object needs a face of its own, i design the package it arrives in.

  • building or editing a private collection
  • placing works in a home or a workspace
  • commissioning a work, start to finish
  • packaging design: boxes, labels, the first thing a hand touches

interior consultation

a room is mostly light.

i look at how a space is used and how it should feel, at seven in the morning and at midnight. then we change the light, the colour, the few objects that matter.

  • home lighting design, set into smart-home systems
  • colour and material direction
  • the atmosphere of a single room, or of a whole apartment
  • scent for a space

it solution consultation

technology that stays out of sight.

good systems are quiet. i help set up the tools behind a home or a small studio so they work without being noticed.

  • smart-home planning and setup
  • the tech behind a small studio: devices, accounts, backups
  • websites and digital spaces for artists and brands
  • choosing the right tools, and leaving out the rest

an enquiry

tell me about the room, the object, the problem.

a few lines are enough. i'll write back.

enquire

or simply send a message on instagram: @choichevalier.

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