L'OEUF OF HAVANA & ERNESTO
What came first? The chicken or… L’Œuf? If we were to ask Dimitri Smilenko, the creator of this truly distinctive diffuser, the answer would be that the egg always comes first. Inspired by the ornamental ostrich eggs of sixteenth- and eighteenth-century cabinets of curiosities, by Fabergé eggs, by the surrealism of René Magritte, and by the Enlightenment’s fascination with the animal kingdom, L’Œuf transforms a universal symbol of life, infinity, and creation into a work of art you can bring into your home. And when filled with ERNESTO’s intense composition of leather, tobacco, cigar smoke, and metallic tension, it transports you straight to a hotel in Havana under the unwavering sun of the Revolution, where the wood-panelled walls remain taciturn and the air takes on a dense, cinematic, utterly singular character.
