Element Orchid Light
Element Orchid Light
12.75 Oz / +55 hours of burn time.
I've loved orchids since I was a kid.
We had a small patio at the back of our house covered in a grapevine, which in the Spring would be completely covered in light green leaves that filtered the light and created a greenhouse effect. My Mom occasionally got orchids from Dad, and once, he brought home a variety called Dendrobium nobile.
Mom tied it to one of the grapevine trunks, as you do in the tropics, and the orchid lived there for a few years, growing to display bunches of fragrant flowers throughout the Spring and Summer seasons.
This dendrobium variety has one of the most exquisite perfumes in the kingdom of flowers. It is sweet like jasmine but much more ethereal and dewy. Despite being a light fragrance, it is very diffusive.
Over the years, and as I traveled, I would always detect its perfume, whether in the wild, people's gardens, conservatories, orchid shows, or botanical gardens. Such is the power of scent when associated with memory.
I learned to create orchid accords in perfumery. There are many variations, and because orchid accords are considered fantasy accords, the fragrance cannot be extracted by any method; in fact, the only orchid we can extract from is vanilla. But there are many headspace analyses that perfumers use to get inspired. The most famous compendium by Roman Kaiser, Scent Of The Vanishing Flora, is an excellent tool for studying the many volatile molecules in the perfume of orchids.
This is Element Orchid Light. It is as ethereal, dewy, and diffusive as live dendrobiums. If you get to experience it, you will instantly associate it with the fragrance of the live flowers, if you ever had the chance to smell them on a Summer evening.
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Scent Pyramid
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What Makes It Unique
What Makes It Unique
Materials And Components
Materials And Components
- Hybrid wax of vegetable origin.
- 100% Cotton core wick.
- Fragrance blend with botanical and synthesized materials.
- Luxury gift box and vessel upcycle instructions.
- Optional is an exotic Guayubira wood, Patagonula americana lid carved out of sustainably sourced, felled trees from South American rainforests.
Dimensions
Dimensions
Candle: 86 mm Ø x 95 mm H.
Box: 107 mm L x 107 mm W x 118 mm H.
Care Instructions
Care Instructions
- Trim the wick up to 1/8” before each use. Pick out any burnt wick remains from the melted wax before it cools off with a teaspoon or other utensil.
- Place on a heat-resistant surface and rotate often for an even melt, watch for drafts from windows or AC units.
- To avoid tunneling, always burn to a full pool of melted wax. This candle size develops a full pool at approximately 3 hours of constant burning.
- Keep away from children, pets and drafts.
- To upcycle your vessel, look for instructions in the next drop down menu, or the scent-flyer included in the box.
Other Scents In This Collection
Other Scents In This Collection
Shipping & Returns
Shipping & Returns
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Element Orchid Light Inspiration and Aromatic Profile
The inspiration for Element Orchid Light is the Dendrobium nobile species, which is famous worldwide for its subtle but diffusive fragrance.
This orchid grows in the wild in many regions of the world. Originally from Southeast Asia, it has become naturalized in South America and is a very popular ornamental. Under the right subtropical conditions, specimens attain immense sizes, and their fragrance is carried by the breeze on warm evenings. 
Created from a headspace analysis of the fragrance, the effect of live flowers in this perfume is remarkable and as diffusive as the live flowers themselves.
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