CORE ESSENCE – MAKE A MARK PROJECT
Design beyond boundaries where disciplines converge
Founded in 2021, Periscoop is a next-generation design studio based in the Netherlands. Built by five creatives from different disciplines, the studio operates across branding, packaging, digital, spatial, industrial, and strategic design, moving fluidly between fields without fixed boundaries.
Periscoop approaches design as a tool for clarity and long-term relevance. Through research, storytelling, and precise material choices, the studio creates work that is visually striking yet grounded in purpose — design that resonates beyond the surface and endures over time.
Core Essence — A fragrance frozen in time
Core Essence draws inspiration from Antarctic ice-core drilling, a scientific process that preserves million-year-old air bubbles within layers of frozen history. This phenomenon becomes the foundation for a sensory collection shaped by stillness, stratification, and the passage of time.
The series unfolds through three perfumes, each capturing a different frozen memory. Celestial Drift, Eonveil Frost and Abyssal Cryogem. Completing the collection is Obsidian Veil, a home diffuser built around a porous lava stone that releases fragrance gradually.
Core Essence is not simply fragrance, but a collection of artefacts: sensory traces of a distant Earth.
An approach defined by purity and control where material and time shape the object
Periscoop designs with restraint and intention, reflecting both the purity of Antarctica and the precision of glacial research. Glass becomes the narrative’s centre: transparent, weighty, and endlessly recyclable. Each bottle is shaped like a cut segment of ice, translating geological time into form.
Mechanical excess is deliberately removed. Traditional sprayers give way to glass droppers, slowing the ritual and encouraging a more conscious interaction. A consistent tactile language runs throughout — mono-material closures, minimal forms, and soft-touch finishes.
Redefining closure through a movement that reveals the form
The closure moves beyond the idea of a conventional cap. Conceived as a key, it is defined by intention and gesture. Its construction is based on a dual system: a base that functions as the lock and a head that becomes the key. The two components engage through a precise interlocking mechanism, releasing with a controlled 90-degree rotation.
Manufactured in zamak, the key features a polished surface with debossed lettering and a glass inlay at its centre, reinforcing the dialogue between precision, tactility, and control.
CUSTOMER
Periscoop
Make a Mark
PRODUCT:
Special Project – Zamak and Glass
