NOTES: ROSE OTTO, BITTER ORANGE, CUMIN, ROSE DE MAI, PINK PEPPER, TEAK WOOD, HAITI AND JAVA VETYVER.

THREE DISTINCT SCENTS FILLED THE AIR AT NGATIHAUA WITEHIRA, TIFFANY’S GREAT GRANDFATHER’S, TANGI (FUNERAL). THE CELEBRATION OF LIFE WITH HOT SOIL, THE SMELL OF SMOKE FROM THE HANGI (A TRADITIONAL MAORI MEAL COOKED IN THE GROUND), AND ROSES WHICH ADORNED THE TABLES IN THE FOOD HALL.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

CURIONOIR CREATE FRAGRANCES AND RARE OBJET D’ART THAT EVOKE MEMORIES IN A WORLD OF SENSORY INTANGIBLES. SMELL IS THE ONLY SENSE THAT CONNECTS DIRECTLY TO MEMORY. IN THIS WAY, PARFUMS ARE STORIES, BINDING THE PAST TO THE PRESENT, WEAVING WORLDS TOGETHER.  

THE FRAGRANCES CREATED BY CURIONOIR ARE DESIGNED TO BIND TO THE SKIN, THEIR ESSENCE BLENDING WITH THE WEARER’S TO CREATE AN UTTERLY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE: A STORY ENTIRELY THEIR OWN. CURIONOIR IS BUILT ON DEEPLY ROOTED TRADITIONS AND MEMORIES OF RELATIVES; WEAVING FLAX, CARVING BONE AND WOOD, MIXING TINCTURES OF NATIVE HERBS. TIFFANY WITEHIRA DRAWS ON HER OWN PAST TO RESPOND TO THE RICH, VARIED HISTORY OF PERFUMERY.