the house
a poem is written in romanian.
then it is translated, into scent.
kryvoc is the voice you do not hear. the part of a person that feels everything and keeps it behind the teeth. the house exists to give that silence a body.
every fragrance begins as an original poem. the scent comes after, as its translation. a translation keeps what a line feels like and lets the picture go.
we call this olfactory literature. you wear one and read the other.
what we keep
one voice
one person writes the poems and answers for every formula. the house is small enough to sign each one.
the hand
each bottle is filled and sealed by hand, labelled by hand, and closed with a walnut cap carved in the workshop of kenosis design. no two caps share a grain.
restraint
one format: 50 ml of extrait de parfum, at 20%. small numbered editions.
the dark
mineral, a little wounded. scents for skin that has been lived in.
unspoken lines
the first anthology. arici is vol. i, august is vol. ii, floarea soarelui is vol. iii.
each can be read alone. read in order, they follow one feeling as it changes.