TOSKOVAT’
Things We Never Shared

2022

PERFUMER
David-Lev Jipa Slivinschi

ADVOCAAT
MANDARIN
MULLED WINE
NARCISSUS
HYACINTH

SACHER TORTE
CASSIS MACARON
PLUM JAM
HONEY CROISSANT
ALMOND
CANDIED ORANGE PANETTONE
POISON

POPE TOBACCO
MYRRH
SANDALWOOD
SPIKENARD
balsam fir
EBONY WOOD
HOT COCOA STEAM
MILK TOFFEE
HAND CREAM
SNOW DROPS

‘Today I remembered the week before Christmas. Sunday 18.12.

Waiting at the train station in Paris, years ago, for a promise made 6 months prior in Vienna.

People around me coming from the fair, flowers gifted, drinks had, sweet moments shared… Sweet nothings.

We had so many plans too. We spoke about so much in such little time.

And still said too little.

You gave me all of you, I gave you all that was left of me.

A toddler is crying on a bench to my right, his hands touching a hot cocoa cup for the first time. I am cold, too.

My hands are cracked, and yours are absent.

I put some sun cream on to remember the better days.

Maybe next year.’ – Toskovat’