• discover

    tin can candle

    285g | ~55 hours
    recollection series only

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  • PAST/recollection series only

    the roughness of the tin can
    and the lid requires a little more effort to open
    just like recollection
    it is vague and requires strength to search in the dark

  • scent

    burning grass / burning wood

    homme - a.m. / homme - p.m.

    jazz lounge / old hardcover book / OT

    s/ash & para//el is born to strive for their passion of scent design to create the vibe, and let you totally fall into the illusion. The scent-related creations are candles, wax melts, reed diffusers and room sprays. All products are produced in Hong Kong by Sharon and Vincent.

    ceramic candle
    travel candle

    "The distinction between past, present, and future
    is only a stubbornly persistent illusion."

    ~ Albert Einstein

    Past, present and future are intertwined.

    The present is shaped by what we have experienced in the past; what we are experiencing now is affecting the future. 

    It’s all about memory. 
    We carry the memory from the past to live at any moment.

    Scent can revive memories that have been long forgotten. 
    Do you really believe the memory retrieved was something actually happened?
    Sometimes your memory may be blurry or even differ from time to time.
    Now that, is the picture in your memory real or just an illusion?

    We design the scent to create the vibe, let you fall into the illusion.

     

    In parallel with the reality “past, present, and future”, 
    we should allow ourselves to have a brief respite:
    to fantasize the characters from the story tales coming to live to comfort us
    to fantasize there are always miracles amongst us
    to fantasize we are living in utopia which everything is just perfect
    This is not escaping from the real world but relax from the pressures from daily life.

    time
    is
    an
    illusion
    • a very personal journey, searching for that pinch of memory in one's mind. The result might differ from time to time, affected by one’s emotion. Each journey will be unique, even with what has already happened.

    • we can be dragged by the past & attracted to the future
      THIS moment is your present
      You are the one who define THIS
      Let’s embrace THIS present

    • sometimes one can create a whole new experience;
      sometimes one can just experience the past again.

    • one’s imagination unrestricted by reality
      the freedom to fantasize is a sanctuary for soul from daily life.

    gallery

    • unicorn

      a universe of pastel colours & tastes of sweetfulness

    • cloud

      lie on the floating cloud
      hugged by the fluffy cloud
      drift along boundlessly with the cloud
      with all the ever-changing unknowns ahead

    • fairy garden

      do you know the fairies use their wings to say hello and to taste the air?

    breakup series

    collage board

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