Diptyque’s woodland creatures return to the Enchanted Forest

Three wooden figures move through a snow laden forest, their limbs articulated and animated, caught mid gesture as though pausing to acknowledge one another across the white expanse. The owl stands centre, its body wrapped in feathered layers of warm brown and charcoal, while a fox and wolf emerge from either side, their bodies rendered in natural timber, their joints loose enough to wobble as they roam. Artist Jean Simon Roch has crafted these kinetic companions for Diptyque’s Enchanted Forest, a realm where the boundary between the decorative and the animated dissolves entirely.

What distinguishes these creatures is their inherent playfulness. Each joint articulates with purpose; a shoulder swivels, a leg tilts forward, the whole form suggesting movement even in stillness. The materials are elemental and warm: wood selected for its grain and colour, finished to reveal rather than conceal, paired with darkened textile details that speak to the shadowed depths of a forest. The composition of three figures meeting feels intentional, almost narrative. This is not ornament for its own sake, but rather an invitation into a world where objects possess something close to consciousness.

Diptyque’s Enchanted Forest collection continues the house’s storytelling tradition, where scent and object intertwine to create immersive experience. The kinetic figures move within this landscape as physical embodiments of the worlds Diptyque has long conjured through fragrance, now made tangible and three dimensional, asking us to engage not only with imagination but with genuine tactile wonder.

Imagery courtesy of Diptyque (@diptyque).