Shadows of a Former Flame - Incense

Top Notes: Black Cherry, Marine Layer,  Sea Salt , Violet Leaves.

Middle Notes: Freesia, Clary Sage, Damson Plums, Hemp.

Base Notes: Amber, Beachwood, Cedar, Dark Musk, Moss.

15 sticks of Joss and Bamboo
40 minute burn time per stick. 
Lovingly hand dipped in Los Angeles, California . _________________

It was all over now and he was gone .

I laid across the staircase he had built , in the garden I had tended to , in the rain. So much rain.

Another swig of slivovitz.

Wind moving through the mulberry tree.

This was the first candle I made that I loved .

I might not ever light this candle again.

Scents are sneaky like that .

But the silver lining , and now for you to enjoy is

this candle brought me comfort in a home that felt like it was all at once haunted by ghosts.

I learned to love the apparitions and I begrudgingly welcomed their lessons.

This candle ,

now for you to enjoy

Is Shadow 1.

The first spark of a mad idea.

Freedom,

anger and introspection .

A new , incredible, unwanted adventure and the beginning baby buds forming out of the sludge of clay dirt , rocky soil and despair .

This is the shake up of a dull routine .

Shadows of a Former Flame is :

Wild violets in Serbia ,

a decade with a lover , a decade with a lover gone ,

ravens on a clothing line of white t-shirts, grandmothers’  knitting wool in linen and cashmere,

a plum orchard,

and the storm that sometimes feels like its unrelentingly beating down.

This is slugs in your wine cup .

Take the sleep when you can get it .

This is just the

Calm before the inertia.