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Death and life happening
side by side.

A FRAGRANCE IN THE STYLE OF AN ARTIST’S INTIMATE CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE PAST


Tone: Calm, Sincere, Empathic, Humble, Reflective
Texture: Hazy, Fresh, Misty, cushioned, Warm, Even
Opacity: Semi-Opaque
Volume: Mid
Pitch: Mid
Movement: hovering
Verb:  Enter

OF LONGING, CLEAR, THOUGHTFUL, REFLECTIVE, WARM,
/ pink berries, bergamot, incense, saffron, cinnamon, cumin, sage, hay, styrax pyrogene, cedar, vetiver, sandalwood, oakwood, and birch /
SPICY, WOODY, INCENSE.

This fragrance is an aromatic transcript of a 2022 interview with the consummate writer and poet OCEAN VUONG for FOLIE À PLUSIEURS — SILHOUETTES. 

Read Olfactive Artist Profile & Interview with Ocean Vuong 


YEAR
2022

PERFUMER
Géraldine Ignesta

COLLECTION
Silhouettes

SILHOUETTES

From the lens of a perfumer, SILHOUETTES explores the olfactive nature of an artist’s work—whether painting, sculpture, photo, film, music, or performance. Here, a series of interviews, essays, art reviews, and artist profiles, are translated into scent.

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Ocean Vuong is the author of The New York Times bestselling poetry collection, Time is a Mother (Penguin Press 2022), and The New York Times bestselling novel, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Penguin Press 2019), which has been translated into 37 languages. A recipient of a 2019 MacArthur "Genius" Grant, he is also the author of the critically acclaimed poetry collection, Night Sky with Exit Wounds, a New York Times Top 10 Book of 2016, winner of the T.S. Eliot Prize, the Whiting Award, the Thom Gunn Award, and the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. A Ruth Lilly fellow from the Poetry Foundation, his honors include fellowships from the Lannan Foundation, the Civitella Ranieri Foundation, The Elizabeth George Foundation, The Academy of American Poets, and the Pushcart Prize.

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