Marisa Goldstein is a brand strategy director and founder based in New York City. She builds brands and makes things that make people feel good.
Noén came to be because of all of the things we all
feel. Our erotic lives, our vulnerabilities, our subtle
pleasures — and not so subtle ones — our pain, our
clumsiness, our questioning. The things that make
intimacy a worthy challenge and a beautifully endless
pursuit. Cultivating intimacy, though arguably the
most important thing we’ll ever do, is hardly ever seen
in all its shapes and forms out in the open. We wanted
to create something that helped people explore and
talk about it all — the good, the bad, the awkward, the
mind expanding. Not just the orgasm, but all the
moments around it. From spaces to magazines to
luxurious oils and more, we make things that help us
explore ourselves and each other in totality and that
make us all feel good. 'Noén' comes from the root
of the Greek word for ‘to think’ and the Ancient
Egyptian word for ‘to tremble.’ Our name and our
ethos are rooted in the concept of comprehensive
intimacy — taking notes from a time and place where
eroticism and sensuality were a ritual of health that
people practiced regularly. An intimacy that comes
from our hearts, bodies, minds, and souls at the
forefront of our daily lives. We ask questions instead
of jumping to answers. We look for pleasure in
moments in between, not only the final act. We design
things that belong seamlessly alongside us as we
move through the world. We play in dualities by
embracing the edges and finding balance in between
them. Because you and I are tender and powerful
We scream and whisper; we are deliberate and
spontaneous. Our intimacy is more than sex: it’s
care and confidence and passion and love and a trip
and a conversation and also a place we go. I hope
you join me on my journey.