Launched at the Design Indaba Festival on 1 March 2017, this cool collaboration sees Norwegian design studio Atelier Kaja Dahl and Cape Town-based perfumery, House of Gozdawa, come together to create a fragrance inspired by the Mother City.

Tapputi and the Sea is a unique range of solid perfumes designed by Kaja Solgaard Dahl (featured here as one of our favourites from this year’s Design Indaba) and encompasses the fusion of natural sea sponge, heat, skin, texture, fragrance and rituals for a scent experience like no other. The natural sea sponges serve as the holders and applicators of the solid perfume; all it takes is the heat of one’s body to melt it just enough to allow a magical fragrance transfer.

Each one is unique, as they are made from completely natural ingredients that blend and adapt to your skin, allowing each user a unique sensory experience. By the law of nature alone, each one is a limited edition, as the oil crop changes following the soil, season and year. The Tapputi and the Sea Cape Town Edition was created with the Mother City as its muse and is inspired by the sweet smell of sea salt that hangs in the ocean air and the warm winds that move between the fynbos and flowers that decorate the wet and dry landscapes of Cape Town. Expect notes of kelp, burnt wood, silver-bush everlasting flower, Namibian myrrh, jasmine and fennel.

To find out more, visit Atelier Kaja Dahl.

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Armed with a master’s degree in contextual design from Design Academy Eindhoven, Cape Town-born designer Agata Karolina returned home to South Africa determined to follow her passion for perfumery and natural scents.

The result is House of Gozdawa – pronounced goz-da-va – a small batch perfumery that produces unisex extraits de parfum (which means they last longer than any other blend). Each fragrance is fashioned around a significant figure in Agata’s life. “The collection is a personal confession, an honest expression of who I am,” she says.

Agata sources 90 % of the ingredients for her fragrances from farms and suppliers in Africa that adhere to sustainable and responsible practices, and her products are made using only essential oils and carriers.

“All our products are produced in small batches and bottled by hand with each vintage specified,” says Agata. “Each scent is created with deep love, commitment and intrigue to the story and the natural essences.”

Buy House of Gozdawa perfumes online, or at Maison Mara and AKJP Collective in Cape Town and We Are Ants in Johannesburg.

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