Tereza Valtová. Creator, model, a woman who can give shape to what is difficult to express.
In visuals and words, she connects fragility with courage, discipline with intuition. In the Change is no sin campaign, she becomes the voice of the perfume Arabesque — a scent of calm amidst tension, a balance between order and chaos. Tereza doesn't believe in sin. She believes in transformation. In the courage to be different, even if it means going against the current. Her movement, thoughts, and creations carry the same essence as Arabesque: quiet strength, depth, and femininity that doesn't need to shout. As part of the Rubriculum series, we share her perspective on freedom, intuition, and femininity – and on moments when change stops being a sin and becomes a return to oneself.
1. "You don't believe in sin" — what does this word mean to you today, and why do you think it still holds such power?
The word sin always awakens a tension between freedom and guilt in me. It used to be used as a tool of control — something to keep you within certain boundaries. But life isn't about guilt. What we once called sin is often just a step towards understanding ourselves. The word still carries power because it's loaded with fear. And I want to transform that fear into courage.
2. Courage, intuition, defiance — how do you know when it's time to change direction?
When I start to feel that I have to diminish myself to stay where I am, I know it's time to move on.
3. Change can be terrifying and beautiful. What helps you stay calm amidst the chaos?
I let my body remind me that life has a rhythm even in the midst of a storm. It's about trust — a mutual symbiosis with the body. The knowledge that chaos is just a phase of genesis helps me. When everything falls apart, space for new forms is born.
4. Skating as a metaphor for freedom — what fascinates you about that balance?
It's a constant reminder for me of how much discipline my freedom costs - that it doesn't arise from ease, but from repeated pain, precision, and the struggle between body and mind. And also, the firmer the framework I build, the more freely I can move within it.
5. Each Oraculum scent has its own story, emotion, state of being. Which one is closest to you — and why?
I fully identify with the story of Arabesque, the perfume I became the face of. It carries precisely that tension between fragility and strength, between order and chaos, which I also feel in my life.
6. Your work often tells stories about women — strong, fragile, changeable. What fascinates you most about femininity?
The question of femininity has always fascinated me — show me something more inspiring than woman. I'll wait. When I was younger, I struggled a lot with my femininity, and perhaps today I manifest it through my work — I explore where it comes from, how far it reaches, and how it changes. Women are divine beings to me — the roots and future of the world. They carry the wisdom of generations, beauty. I'm fascinated by the strength we've had to exert for centuries just to simply be. Female society is pure magic — a stream of life that creates, heals, and destroys.
7. If you had to describe the scent of change — what would it smell like?
Change would smell like cold and frost. Like coffee, metal, and leather. Like burnt wood and fresh air — perhaps even a breath of spring breeze or the first autumn days, which carry a delicate melancholy. There's something in it that makes you uneasy. It smells of the edge between old and new, of a truth you can't yet name, but you already feel it.
