Expanded drops ⋅ Maison Francis Kurkdjian

« It is very exciting to be able to give an image to something that is invisible. I had the idea of placing a few drops of perfume on silver gelatin photographic paper. An image appeared. I had managed to develop the imprint of a perfume.»

Christelle Boulé

Born from Francis Kurkdjian’s curiosity about the work of Swiss-Canadian photographer Christelle Boulé and from her own passion for perfume, the Expanded Drops series is composed of original photographic prints created from the Maison’s creations.

After placing a few drops on silver gelatin paper, the artist worked each print by bathing it in photographic developing solutions, drying it, and exposing it to light, in order to create abstract and poetic photographs—true visual portraits of an olfactory imprint.

Expanded Drops - Maison Francis Kurkdjian

This series has been presented in the United States, notably in Miami at Art Basel in 2019, at the International Perfume Museum in Grasse in 2022, and during the exhibition Perfume, Sculpture of the Invisible. 30 Years of Creations by Francis Kurkdjian at the Palais de Tokyo in 2025. Expanded Drops returns from January 21, 2026, at La Maison Francis Kurkdjian, located at 5 rue d’Alger in the 1st arrondissement.

Practical Information

- Opening hours: every day from 10:30 AM to 7:30 PM, Sundays until 7:00 PM

- Address: La Maison Francis Kurkdjian, 5 rue d’Alger, Paris 1st arrondissement

- Free entry