The Story
Why it exists.
The beginning
David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi built Silent at The Theme Park from a single childhood memory: his first flight, a small lemon tart, a theme park at age five. He remembers the tart smudged on his fingers, the lilacs knocking on the windows of a hotel room, the linens, the garden in full spring blossom. These are the raw materials, not an ingredient list, but a story he needed to make tangible. The fragrance is the translation of that afternoon into something you can wear.
What makes this composition unusual is its tension between the edible and the delicate. Lemon cake sits beside linden blossom and lilac, sweet and green, almost contradictory in their intimacy. The heart layers clean linen against cocoa and Ylang-Ylang, which adds a creamy, slightly heady warmth that most florals don't risk. The base is where memory gets structural: balsam fir and frankincense provide resinous depth, while oakmoss and cedar ground everything in something ancient and worn. It's a fragrance that smells like a place you haven't been in twenty years, but somehow your skin already knew the address.
The evolution
The opening announces itself softly, like a scent that's been in the room for ten minutes before you noticed. Lemon cake dominates at first, bright and buttery, before the florals, linden, orange blossom, a whisper of lilac, unfold. The handoff to the heart is seamless: linen arrives clean and familiar, cocoa threads through the composition, and Ylang-Ylang adds a tropical quality that catches most people off guard. By the second hour, the wood base begins to settle. Balsam fir and cedar emerge first, crisp, slightly green, before labdanum and frankincense arrive with their resinous weight. Oakmoss lingers longest, something old and particular, the kind of note that rewards the wearer who stays. The drydown on fabric reads as warm vanilla and patchouli, intimate and close, a sweater you don't want to give back.
Cultural impact
Within Romanian indie perfumery, Toskovat' represents a quiet departure from commercial fragrance production, and Silent at The Theme Park exemplifies this philosophy. The fragrance landed during a period when niche collectors were increasingly seeking compositions that prioritized emotional resonance over marketability. Its memory-driven approach resonated with those seeking something beyond what mainstream production typically offered. The 2022 release arrived at a cultural moment when perfumery communities were reconsidering what authenticity in scent creation could mean.
The House
Toskovat'Toskovat' is a Romanian niche fragrance house founded in 2022 by self-taught perfumer David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi. The brand name derives from the Russian word toска (toska), approximating a feeling of longing without a clear object. Toskovat' creates what it calls extraits de mémoire, memory-driven fragrances built from personal recollection rather than perfumery convention. David-Lev works without classical training and embraces provocative combinations: bubblegum with gasoline, notes of blood and holy water, scents evoking childhood, desire, and transgression. The brand garnered international attention early, earning features in Vogue UK and The Wall Street Journal. Luca Turin, one of the field's most influential critics, sampled six Toskovat fragrances and described them as having "shocking top notes and gothic ingredient lists, followed by well-behaved heart and base notes." Each release sparks passionate debate within fragrance communities. The house operates from Bucharest and has built a devoted following in remarkably little time.
The Creator
David-Lev Jipa-SlivinschiThe perfumer favors complex, layered constructions that shift dramatically over the wearing period. He employs dark, smoky, and resinous base materials to anchor his narratives, often building around contrasts between warmth and astringency, sweetness and decay.
