Caesura
Death and life happening side by side
AN OLFACTIVE PROFILE
BRIEFLY GORGEOUS, ETERNALLY SACRED
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family : CLEAN SPICY WOODY INCENSE
feeling : CLEAR, THOUGHTFUL, REFLECTIVE
texture : HAZY, FRESH, MISTY, WARM
series : SILHOUETTES
medium : LITERATURE
artist : OCEAN VUONG
perfumer : GÉRALDINE IGNESTA
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MATERIALS
PINK BERRIES, BERGAMOT, INCENSE, SAFFRON, CINNAMON, CUMIN, SAGE, HAY, STYRAX PYROGENE, CEDAR, VETIVER, SANDALWOOD, OAKWOOD, BIRCH
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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 perfumers, in a series of interviews, essays, art reviews, and artist profiles, translate the world of art into scent.
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THE AUTHOR
Ocean Vuong is an acclaimed poet and novelist whose work explores themes of identity, love, loss, and intergenerational trauma. His writing weaves together personal narrative with larger historical and cultural contexts, creating profound meditations on the human experience.