The candle will be extinguished eventually. The scent won't.
Built to disappear.Made to be remembered.
People have been doing this since before anyone called it a ritual.
Not a scent. A memory, mid-formation.
Lift the lid. The room can already smell what's coming.
One match. The flame will go out.
What it lights stays.
Now you just sit with it.
Long after the wax is gone, the room still remembers how it felt.
