ABOUT THE BRAND
AMPHORA PARFUM is my love letter to the unanswerable. throughout my life, i’ve found art (especially fragrance) to be the one of the most effective ways to communicate feelings that are too complex to explain in words alone. that being said, scent is so often overlooked in the world of art—and on an equal scale, too frequently viewed+marketed as a “tool” in the world of personal care, rather than a method of self-expression. with AMPHORA PARFUM, it’s my goal to push past those rules and create a world that challenges the current landscape of perfumery. i think of my work as a scented display of emotion; a way to speak for yourself without saying a word.
what does “gay-hearted fragrance” mean? first, some background: this is a digitized version of some test writing from my late maternal grandmother’s college calligraphy class—she was the one who passed her love of art onto my mother, who then passed on that same love to me. second, AMPHORA is a proudly queer-owned business, focusing on gender-inclusive fragrances, and attempting to break down the social rules of fine fragrance. “gay-hearted fragrance” is exactly that: joyous, inclusive, and always a little queer.
ABOUT NOAH
i was born into a large jewish family in the northeast part of MA. i’m the youngest of three brothers; the child of a social worker and software engineer. my love for scents started when i was born—my mom regularly wore perfume, and i was always curious about the way she smelled. when i was 9 years old, she purchased her first bottle of alien, and suddenly the world of fragrance became an intense fascination for me. ever since then, i’ve loved experimenting with and exploring new scents, from the traditional to the bizarre—a love fostered by the incredible team at the institute for art and olfaction, where i received most of my training in perfumery.
Noah Virgile
amphora
/ˈæm.fɚ.ə/
a long, narrow clay container with two handles, wider at the top than at the base, that was used in ancient times especially for storing oil or wine
-cambridge dictionary