LIPS THAT TOUCH.

ANIMALIC, EARTHY, SPICY, FLORAL

NOTES: CINNAMON, NARGOMOTHA, ANGELICA, CEDARWOOD, CACAO, ORRIS, ROSE ABSOLUTE, ROCKROSE, OUD, VANILLA, CASTOREUM.

UMA KI TE UMA, PITO KI TE PITO, KŪHĀ KI TE KŪHĀ

HE MEA TAUHOU KI A AU.

HE UAUA KA ĀHUAREKA, HE IO KA REKA KĒ ATU.

HE TINANA PAI TŌU. HE MAHI PAI TĀNA.

ŌNA ĀHUA KATOA. KIA RERE AKU RINGA KI TŌNA TUAROA, KI ŌNA KOIWI,

TINANA AROHAKI, KARENGO KAU E TAHURI ATU AI AU

KA TAHI, KA RUA, KA TORU, KA WHĀ

TE PĀNGA ATU Ō NGUTU, KI HEA, KI HEA AKE ŌU,

KA RAWE TE MIRIMIRI I TŌ PUKE HURUHURU, Ō HURU WHAKAHIKO-

KUA PARATĪ MAI, I NGĀ KŪHĀ WHERAWHERA...

HE MARAMARA NUI NO TE AROHA KEI TE KAMO.

WHAKAHIAMO ANA

KO AU KI RUNGA, KO KOE KI RARO

TAUHOU ANA

‘I LIKE MY BODY WHEN IT IS WITH YOUR…’ BY E. E. CUMMINGS

TRANSLATED BY TE HAUMIHIATA MASON.

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.