Kyoto

The hinoki bathhouse. Temple incense. A moss garden in the rain. Kyoto is the quietest collection and it has to stay that way — over-decorating it would flatten the contrast that makes the other six work.

The soap sets sharp citrus over soft wood: yuzu, green tea, hinoki. The candle is dry, woody and quiet — hinoki, cedar and incense smoke, the opposite of Arabia. The diffuser stays clean and green with green tea, yuzu and bamboo.

The pattern is seigaiha: overlapping concentric arcs forming a field of waves, ancient and endlessly repeating — the most serene of the seven, the simplest to execute, and kept deliberately simple. Matte throughout, no metallic finish. Joins after the launch three.