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Toskovat
Niche brand · Bucharest, Romania

Toskovat

Toskovat translates human memories into uncompromising scent narratives about childhood, cinema, war, consumerism, and loss.
Bucharest, Romania · founded 2022
Toskovat Last Birthday Cake with black-and-white packaging
Founded
2022
Origin
Bucharest, Romania
Founder
David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi
Concept
Extraits de mémoire
First fragrance
Silent at the Theme Park
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21 fragrances to sample
The story
Toskovat is an independent perfume house from Bucharest, founded in 2022 by David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi. After studying film and screenwriting, he looked for a new storytelling medium during the pandemic and found it in scent.
The brand calls its work “extraits de mémoire”: not pleasant illustrations of isolated notes, but narratives about human experience. Personal starting points are translated into shared memory spaces shaped by childhood, cinema, loss, consumerism, or war.
01 · Founder

From screenplay to scent

David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi studied film and screenwriting when the pandemic disrupted his intended career. Instead of continuing his stories on screen, he began developing fragrance formulas from a small palette of materials. Toskovat emerged publicly as a Romanian perfume house in 2022.
David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi smelling a fragrance blotter
02 · Concept

Memory rather than scenery

Toskovat calls its work extraits de mémoire. Personal memories form the starting point, but the fragrances are intended to touch experiences that do not belong to the founder alone. The official manifesto describes them as non-linear and recommends revisiting image, sound, and scent together.
Toskovat fragrance bottle and black ribbon in its presentation box
03 · Method

Story first, formula second

David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi starts with an emotion or scene, then sketches the notes that could express it. For abstract impressions he studies the molecules perceived in materials such as money, plastic, or ink. He describes this translation not as naturalistic painting but as olfactory caricature.
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Community

What the community says about Toskovat

10/10
It’s really powdery perfume with fruit, like you are a slut in salon in RDR2
MakeevMuaЯ
10/10
For me, one of the best Toscovat fragrances! I love it!
karlianaAmaretto in The Melting Room
10/10
I love that I can smell literally every note in it! Definitely a perfume with a hint! The latex and cherry come together with a bang, and later beautiful florals take in together with the smoke. Love it!
takemetorioBorn Screaming
8.3 / 10from 189 approved reviews by our community
The nose

The perfumer behind Toskovat

Image of David-Lev Jipa Slivinschi

David-Lev Jipa Slivinschi

David Lev Jipa-Slivinschi's journey into perfumery began during an unexpected crossroads. Born in Bucharest, Romania, with Russian and Ukrainian heritage, he initially pursued a career as a filmmaker and screenwriter.
Discover more about David-Lev Jipa Slivinschi
FAQ

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Toskovat mean?
The name points to the Slavic “toska”, a difficult-to-translate state spanning longing, melancholy, and nostalgia. David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi describes “nostalgia” as the closest English approximation.
Who is behind Toskovat?
The brand was founded by David-Lev Jipa-Slivinschi. He came from film and screenwriting, learned perfumery independently, and develops the brand’s scent narratives in Romania.
What are extraits de mémoire?
This is how Toskovat describes its fragrance work. The phrase emphasises that every scent is conceived as a narrative of memory rather than simply a sequence of pleasant notes.
Why sample Toskovat before buying a bottle?
The unusual note descriptions primarily explain the concept. On skin the fragrances develop individually, and even climate and surroundings can change perception. A sample therefore reveals more than an ingredient list.
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