Caesura

Ocean
Vuong

SILHOUETTES

DEATH AND LIFE HAPPENING SIDE BY SIDE

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The Aritst: Ocean Vuong

Medium: Writing

The Feeling: A clean, warm, spicy, woody impression.
Patient, nostalgic, comforting, contemplative, of ritual, elevating.

Materials: Pink berries, bergamot, incense, saffron, cinnamon, cumin, sage, hay, styrax pyrogene, cedar, vetiver, sandalwood, oakwood, birch.

Perfumer: Géraldine Ignesta

Year: May, 2022

Photograph by Annelise Phillips / www.annelisephillips.com

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This fragrance is an aromatic transcript of a 2022 interview with the consummate writer and poet OCEAN VUONG for FOLIE À PLUSIEURS — 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. In a series of interviews, essays, art reviews, and artist profiles, here perfumers translate the world of art into scent.